Senior Technical Animator

Arkane Studios is looking for a strong Sr. Technical Animator to join our Austin, Texas team for work on AAA games for PC and next-generation console systems.

• Work with the animation team to define, create and maintain the animation pipeline
• Design and support complex character, facial and weapon rigs in Maya
• Own the skinning process for a variety of characters, garments and gear
• Create custom tools and scripts to increase the productivity and efficiency of the animation team
• Support and improve the integration of animation assets from Maya to game engine

• Experience in creating and maintaining an efficient animation pipeline throughout a AAA production cycle
• Strong working knowledge of both MEL and Python (additional languages a plus)
• Capable of rigging and skinning high quality character assets
• Experience working with Maya (MotionBuilder a plus)
• Experience with retargeting animation data via Maya or Motionbuilder
• Experience in creating animation state machines and blend trees in a game engine
• Understanding of physics simulation setup and implementation (ex: cloth, ragdoll)
• Receptive to feedback and able to work through an iterative process
• Must be a self-motivated and energetic team player with strong communication skills and cooperative attitude

*As part of the application process, please submit work samples which demonstrate the following:

• Character rigging and skinning capabilities
• Documentation or videos describing previous tool development

These skills would be great to have but are not dealbreakers:

• 5+ years of game industry experience as an animator/rigger
• Working knowledge of C++
• Working knowledge of Maya API
• Experience with Unreal 4

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