Description
The Apex Legends team at Electronic Arts is seeking a Senior Technical Artist with deep expertise in character rigging to help power one of the most dynamic live service games in the world.
As part of a large, collaborative team of passionate developers, you’ll support our Animation and Modeling partners in delivering a constant stream of high-quality content,from new Legends and limited-time modes to seasonal updates and cosmetic releases that excite and engage millions of players globally.
In this role, you’ll drive excellence in skinning and rigging, ensuring every character meets the highest standards of visual fidelity and runtime performance. You’ll also champion pipeline improvements that scale across a fast-moving live environment, enabling the team to innovate quickly while maintaining polish and consistency.
Responsibilities:
- Report to the Lead Technical Artist, aligning on priorities, technical direction, and long-term pipeline goals.
- Collaborate closely with Technical Art, Animation, and Character Art partners to implement solutions that are clean, scalable, and optimized for production.
- Ensure exceptional quality in character rigging and skinning, upholding high standards for visual fidelity, deformation integrity, and runtime performance.
- Educate and mentor junior and mid-level Technical Artists by creating clear documentation, sharing best practices, and fostering continued craft development.
- Identify workflow opportunities and develop high-impact automation and tooling solutions that improve efficiency, consistency, and team output.
Qualifications:
- 5 years experience working in proprietary internal game engines and development environments.
- Strong communication skills.
- Experience rigging and skinning characters in Maya.
- Experience in writing Artist/Animator facing tools specifically for a large production environment.
- Proficiency in Python.
Nice to Have:
- Familiarity with USD.
- Knowledge of physics-based animation.
- Experience in live service content production.
- Strong mathematical foundation used to troubleshoot and optimize 3D deformations.
In addition to opportunities for creative impact and professional growth which come with being a member of our team, working at Respawn has many other perks and benefits! Learn more at respawn.com/perks.