# Technical Artist – Rigging and Animation – EA SPORTS F1

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Birmingham, West Midlands
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: IT
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

Join Electronic Arts as a Technical Artist specialising in rigging and character pipelines. You will work on developing and modernizing character pipelines, facial rigging systems, and skeletal deformations for EA SPORTS F1.

Responsibilities:

- Develop artist-facing rigging and animation tools using Python with Maya, 3ds Max, and Motion Builder.

- Improve facial animation pipelines, increasing anatomical and expressive deformation for EA SPORTS F1 characters.

- Extend central EA SPORTS procedural rigging systems to build complex, high-fidelity rigs.

- Establish technical standards, resolve skeletal mesh issues, and improve character asset performance.

Required Qualifications:

- 3+ years of experience as a Technical Artist or Technical Animator in game development with at least one shipped AAA title.

- Experience in Python and digital content creation applications such as 3ds Max or Maya.

- Experience developing artist-facing interfaces using Qt, PySide, or similar frameworks.

- Experience with character kinematics, anatomy, skeletal structures, and deformation.

This is a hybrid role, with 3 days per week working from the offices listed in this job posting.

## Skills

### Required
- Python
- Maya
- 3ds Max
- Motion Builder
- Qt
- PySide
- character kinematics
- anatomy
- skeletal structures
- deformation

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