Sr. Technical Animator, VR

📋 Description

• Own the animation pipeline from DCC to engine: rigs, mocap ingest, retargeting, export, import
• Rig characters for runtime-driven animation
• Design, build, and maintain animation systems and character setups in Unity, including state
• Build runtime IK and procedural animation layers, and blend them with authored and physics-driven
• Build and maintain facial animation setups, including ARKit-style blendshapes, lip-sync, and viseme
• Evaluate and integrate AI animation tools (e.g., Cascadeur, Kimodo) into the team's workflow

🎯 Requirements

• Portfolio showcasing the best of your work with animation and any other relevant materials
• Experience with character animation
• 5+ years working in the gaming and/or VR industry
• 5+ years of Unity or Unreal game engine experience
• Shipped at least one title as a Technical Animator
• Strong skills as an animator, with the eye for timing, weight, and polish to elevate mocap data

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive salary and 401K with employer match
• Discretionary paid time off
• Robust parental leave policy
• An award-winning office and working environment
• Ride along with real police officers in real-life situations, explore a wide range of third-party
• Get paid to play