Senior Technical Animator designing tools for animation teams to utilize Unreal Engine capabilities. Emphasizing technical animation expertise and bug resolution.
About the role
- Technical Animator at Quantic Dream, bridging animation, design, and programming teams for gameplay animation systems. Contributing to ambitious projects by improving animation pipelines and workflows.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with animators, programmers, and designers to define and improve animation pipelines.
- Integrate and test animation assets into the engine, ensuring they work well with gameplay, physics, and cutscenes.
- Create and maintain tools and scripts to optimize animator workflows.
- Debug and resolve issues related to animations, whether in creation software (Maya, MotionBuilder, etc.) or directly in the engine.
- Collaborate with gameplay designers and programmers on state machines, blend trees, IK systems, facial animation and motion capture pipelines.
- Ensure a high level of visual quality while considering real-time and memory performance constraints.
- Document processes and train facilitators on tools and best practices.
Requirements
- More than 5 years' experience as a Technical Animator or similar role in a AAA studio;
- Mastery of animation software (Maya, MotionBuilder, Blender, etc.);
- Good knowledge of animation systems in modern engines (Unreal Engine, Unity or proprietary engines);
- Good understanding of animation principles and gameplay systems;
- Analytical mind and sense of problem solving, capable of making the link between creativity and technical constraints;
- Excellent communication and interdisciplinary collaboration skills;
- Knowledge of MEL, Python, C++ or C#, an asset.
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