Senior Technical Animator

Senior Technical Animator

We're seeking a skilled Senior Technical Animator to join our Cinematics team at Epic Games. As a key member of our team, you'll be responsible for rigging characters, props, and vehicles, setting up assets in Unreal Engine 5, and working closely with modelers and animators to ensure a smooth development pipeline and workflow.

Responsibilities

• Rig characters, props, and vehicles
• Set up assets in Unreal Engine 5; including cloth, physics, blueprints
• Work closely with modelers and animators to ensure a smooth development pipeline and workflow that delivers high-quality assets
• Assist and build pipeline tools and work with engine and project leads on continuous improvement of those engine tools
• Direct Technical Animation work for Cinematic trailers, including outsourced and internal trailers
• Provide support and optimization for Animation Team, including performance/speed optimizations, engine stability, control rig/constraint bug issues, and animation workflows
• Design UI Pickers for the Animation team

Requirements

• Extensive experience rigging characters in the Unreal Engine
• A portfolio demonstrating rigging for a range of characters, bipeds, and creatures, both body and faces
• Attention to aesthetic detail, especially with regards to character deformation and physics movement
• Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline
• Positive individual with strong written communication and teamwork skills
• Exceptional problem-solver
• Experience developing character pipelines and tools

Benefits

Our benefits package includes:

• 100% medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums paid for you and your dependents
• Long-term disability and life insurance
• 401(k) with competitive match
• Unlimited PTO and sick time
• Paid sabbatical after 7 years of service
• Robust mental well-being program through Modern Health
• Company-wide paid breaks and celebrations throughout the year