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SalaryFounded by Bad Robot (Lost, Cloverfield, Westworld, Star Wars, Star Trek), we at Bad Robot Games are on a mission to continually reinvent how stories are played.
We are a remote-first games company represented by a diverse team, which empowers us to make the kinds of games in which all players can see themselves. Working closely with our colleagues at Bad Robot Productions, our projects unite our extensive network of games, TV, and film industry talent to create original IPs, expansive worlds and tell new stories across all media platforms which are as fun to watch as they are to play.
Bad Robot Games is looking for a Senior Technical Animator that is a strategic thinker who is skilled and passionate about bringing characters to life and creating a rigging pipeline that is scalable and automatable.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop, improve, and maintain tools for Rigging, Animation and Pipelines using Maya's Scripting API
- Create quality character animation rigs in Maya using internally developed or licensed rigging tools
- Create performant character deformation skeletons and weighting them to geometry for export to Unreal engine
- Provide technical support for the externally licensed animation/rigging toolset and API
- Liaison with external tools and rigging providers, communicating any feedback and supervising delivery results
- Collaborate with various team members to support game character and creature implementation. Including:
- Creating or Maintaining Sharable/Extensible Character Skeletons
- Determine technical requirements and Troubleshoot Limitations
- Helping setup or Drive Run-time Pose Deformation Correction and Post Process Anim Blueprints
- Performance Improvements on run-time characters and creatures
- Identify workflow improvements with new or existing tools with the animation team
- Spearhead research and adapt new technologies, programs or tools for rigging and animation
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
- 5+ years of game development experience in a Technical Animator/rigging role
- Developed or maintained custom-scripted rigging and animation tools in Maya
- Demonstrates strong character or creature animation rigging skills
- Demonstrates expertise of Maya's Python API or MEL, with a focus on animation, rigging, and pipelines
- Experience in creating and weighting deformation rigs for game ready characters
- Have a strong understanding of human anatomy, skeleton creation, real-time game skinning, and mesh topology and how it relates to motion
- Self-sufficient and self-motivated, can perform duties with little oversight
- Experience with giving and receiving constructive feedback
- All of our roles require up to 10% air travel. Examples include Studio/Team Offsites, Team/Studio Events, etc.
BONUSES
- Worked on at least 1 AAA title
- Experience with live service games
- Experience in C++ Programming language
- Experience with the Unreal Engine including Control Rig and Post Process Anim Blueprints
- Experience with run-time pose deformation correction with joints and/or blend shapes
Annual Salary Range: $115,000 - $120,000
Find out more about our benefits and team on our careers page!
Bad Robot Games recruiters will never ask you for money or to provide financial information during our recruiting process. Scammers often request money transfers for Visa processing fees or travel expenses, as well as personal information including passport info, social security numbers, credit card or bank account information.Bad Robot Games recruiters will never use personal email (including @gmail) accounts when contacting candidates. We also do NOT interview or screen candidates over messenger or text-based chat. All communication will be tied to badrobotgames.com
Bad Robot Games is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.
