Technical Animator – Rigging

📋 Description

• Design, construct, and sustain high-quality rigs for characters, weapons, props, and creatures intended for real-time applications.

• Develop and enhance skinning, deformation systems, and blend shape configurations to achieve superior visual fidelity.

• Collaborate with animators to ensure rigs are intuitive, efficient, and ready for production.

• Work alongside character artists, modelers, and engineers to seamlessly integrate assets into the game engine.

• Implement and maintain rigs within Unreal Engine, ensuring they align with animation systems and gameplay requirements.

• Utilize Animation Blueprints to assist in animation logic, blending, and state machines as necessary.

• Create and manage rigging tools and pipeline solutions (primarily using Maya or similar DCCs) to enhance team efficiency.

• Provide support and troubleshoot issues related to rigs, skinning, and animation workflows.

• Contribute to the advancement of the animation pipeline by identifying areas for improvement and optimization.

• Serve as a point of contact for rigging-related technical challenges within the team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive expertise in rigging, skinning, and deformation systems for characters and creatures.

• Practical experience with the Unreal Engine animation pipeline, including Animation Blueprints.

• Strong understanding of the complete 3D art pipeline (modeling, rigging, skinning, export, integration).

• Experience in creating and maintaining custom rigging tools and workflows.

• Proficiency with 3D DCC tools (Maya preferred) for rig creation and tool development.

• Knowledge of real-time constraints and optimizations relevant to game development.

• Familiarity with physics-based systems (cloth, hair, secondary motion rigs).

• Basic to intermediate skills in programming/scripting (Python, C#, or C++).

• Excellent problem-solving abilities and the capability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary teams.

• Proficient in both English and Spanish (written and spoken).

🏝️ Benefits

• Excellence is one of our core drivers.

• Continuous learning to stay ahead in the industry.

• Flexibility to work in a fun and relaxed environment.

• Commitment to inclusion and diversity, encouraging diverse talent to join us.