Fab (acquired by Epic Games) is hiring: Lead Technical Animator in New York

Lead Technical Animator

Epic Games is searching for a Lead Gameplay Technical Animator with a passion for expressive character movement to join our team. In this talented team of veteran and emerging artists, you'll collaborate across teams and contribute directly to Fortnite and other initiatives as part of our collaboration with Disney. Joining this team means you're motivated to seek solutions to problems and work with other disciplines to make positive changes to workflows, tools, and technologies that directly impact Gameplay.
In this role, you will:
Work closely with technical animators, Leads, Directors, and Outsource Managers on the team to ensure assets are set up for success in the different stages of production
Communicate and drive alignment around strategy for technical animation and adjacent gameplay teams
Work with production to schedule, prioritize, and delegate assets for the team, both internal and vendor
Work closely with animators, modelers, and designers to ensure a smooth development pipeline that delivers high-quality assets
Assisting with pipeline tools and working with engine and project leads on the continuous improvement of those engine tools
Mentor rigging-focused technical animators
Rigging characters, weapons, creatures, and vehicles
Setting up assets in Unreal Engine 5; including control rigs, cloth, physics, and blueprints
Maintain detailed documentation, video reference, and examples of art asset production, procedures, and engine requirements to support internal and external artists
What we're looking for:
Extensive experience rigging characters in Maya and/or Unreal Engine
A portfolio demonstrating rigging for a range of characters, bipeds, and creatures, both body and faces
Attention to aesthetic detail, especially with regard to character deformation and physics movement
Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline
A positive individual with strong written communication and teamwork skills
Exceptional problem-solver
Control Rig experience a plus
Python programming is a plus
You're user-focused, passionate, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do. This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including CA, NYC, & WA).