Motion Design Intern supporting 2D/3D animation, branded content, and campaign production at The Heist, Thinkingbox’s motion design and post - production studio.
About the role
- Senior Technical Animator integrating character rigs and animation systems in Unreal Engine. Building realistic AAA sci-fi FPS characters for Behaviour Interactive, a Montreal video game studio.
Responsibilities
- Take responsibility for animation and character integration in Unreal Engine
- Create and maintain rigs for bipedal and non-bipedal characters, including mechanical setups
- Help define and set up animation pipelines from DCC tools to the engine
- Implement and maintain in-engine animation systems in collaboration with animators and programmers
- Investigate, diagnose and resolve animation bugs across various in-game systems
- Ensure character rigs are efficient, scalable and optimized for real-time performance in the game engine
- Create technical documentation to share knowledge with animators and programmers
- Help define the visual identity of characters and bring concept designs to life for a AAA sci-fi FPS project
Requirements
- A minimum of 6 years of experience in animation in the video game industry
- Excellent technical skills for rigging and skinning
- A good understanding of the principles of animation
- Expertise in Blender, Maya and Unreal Engine
- Experience with Motion Matching, State Machines, Blend Spaces, Behavior Trees and State Trees
- Knowledge of Unreal Control Rig and its real-time system applications for procedural animation systems is a big plus
- Knowledge of MEL, Python or Mgear is an asset
- French and English appear in the posting, but no explicit language requirement is stated
Benefits
- Permanent full-time employment
- Hybrid work arrangement
- Equal-opportunity and diversity-focused workplace
- Work on a AAA sci-fi FPS project
- Work with Unreal Engine and cutting-edge video game development
- Collaboration with animation and programming teams
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