Senior Technical Animator

We are seeking a Senior Technical Animator to join our team at Full Circle, the studio behind skate., an online, free-to-play skateboarding sandbox game. As a Senior Technical Animator, you will work with the animation team to implement animation content using EA's proprietary Frostbite engine and editor. Your main responsibilities will include:

• Implementing animation content using EA's Frostbite engine and editor
• Collaborating with Animation Software Engineers and the Animation Director to solve animation system challenges
• Ensuring high fluidity and believability of animations at runtime
• Designing and coordinating animation workloads for the project from a technical perspective
• Establishing efficient pipelines and procedures
• Defining and estimating tasks

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience using proprietary animation tools and setting up animation state machines with an established game engine
• Experience working on at least 2 AAA titles
• Experience working on at least one title that shows advanced locomotion/animation techniques
• In-depth experience with core animation implementation techniques
• Experience working with both animation-driven and physics-driven gameplay systems
• Understanding of animation principles and anatomy
• Experience working on sizeable animation-related challenges
• Cross-discipline collaboration with multiple disciplines, including designers and software engineers

Nice to have:

• Experience working with Motion Synthesis
• Motion editor or key-frame animator experience
• Experience working with Maya and/or Motion Builder
• Some experience with MEL, Python, C# or C++

Portfolio Requirement: Applications must include a portfolio showcasing gameplay features you played a significant role in delivering.