What You'll Do:
Epic Games is searching for a Senior Technical Animator with a passion for expressive character movement to work within the Cinematics team.
In this role, you will:
- Rig characters, props and vehicles
- Set up assets in Unreal Engine 5; including cloth, physics, blueprints
- Work closely with modelers and animators to ensure a smooth development pipeline and workflow that delivers high quality assets
- Assist and build pipeline tools and work with engine and project leads on continuous improvement of those engine tools
- Direct Technical Animation work for Cinematic trailers, including outsourced and internal trailers
- Provide support and optimization for Animation Team, including performance/speed optimizations, engine stability, control rig/constraint bug issues, and animation workflows
- Design UI Pickers for the Animation team
What we're looking for:
- Extensive experience rigging characters in the Unreal Engine
- A portfolio demonstrating rigging for a range of characters, bipeds, and creatures, both body and faces
- Attention to aesthetic detail, especially with regards to character deformation and physics movement
- Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline
- Positive individual with strong written communication and teamwork skills
- Exceptional problem-solver
- Experience developing character pipelines and tools
