Experienced Technical Animator - Full Time - Super Spline Studios Job at Tech Ar

Overview

Experienced Technical Animator - Full Time

Responsibilities

• Support animators across multiple projects on a day-to-day basis and troubleshoot/solve issues independently.
• Write tools and processes based on the tech roadmap.
• Implement animations in game, including setting up animation graphs to hand over to programmers.
• Collaborate with the team to bring craft, tech, and artistry into daily practices and help build pipelines and streamline workflows.
• Possess a broad base knowledge and eagerness to learn new techniques and implement them.

Required skills

• Minimum 3 years in a similar role
• Knowledge of game development workflows, especially within rigging and animation
• Proficiency in Autodesk Maya and its rigging/skinning tools
• Solid foundation and understanding of rigging at an experienced or advanced level
• Experience with animation tools and scripts (Python, MEL, Pymel)
• Ability to create rigs for characters and props for various styles (realistic, cartoony) using anatomy knowledge for humanoid and animals
• Experience rigging faces using joints, blendshapes, FACS, etc.
• Working knowledge of assets for game engines including Unreal and Unity
• Strong sense of technical excellence, functionality, and problem-solving
• Strong portfolio and willingness to complete a test to show skill level
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team

Desired skills

• Understanding of multi-layered deformation systems, deformers, blendshapes and how they work in real-time game middleware
• Experience with dynamics (cloth, muscles, etc.) and integrating them in games
• Experience with C# / Unreal Blueprints / Unity Editor Scripts
• Experience with working with motion capture data in Maya
• Strong animation skills and keen eye for detail

Additional information

A portfolio is required demonstrating all aspects of your skills; please include a link in your application.

All further information is provided under a non-disclosure agreement only.

This is a full-time position in our Leamington Spa studio.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.K.