Technical Animator
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Technical Animator creating sophisticated animation systems for the expanding ARK franchise. Collaborating with teams to solve challenges and leverage cutting-edge technologies.
Responsibilities:
- Create sophisticated IK solutions (foot placement, terrain adaptation) in Unreal Engine Control Rig and Anim Blueprints
- Rig human characters, dinosaurs, and fantasy creatures with precise attention to anatomy, understanding joint placement and muscle deformation
- Design and implement advanced procedural and gameplay-driven animation systems using Animation Blueprints (AnimBPs) in Unreal Engine 5
- Build responsive state machines, blend spaces, pose drivers, animation modifiers, notifies, and layered logic tightly coupled to gameplay and physics
- Develop physics-based animation systems including active ragdoll blending
- Leverage Houdini to procedurally modify, generate, or optimize meshes and skeletons
- Solve complex technical animation challenges while collaborating with modeling, animation, design, and engineering teams
- Perform quality checks, optimization (including LOD behavior), and seamless engine integration
- Create clear technical documentation and help evolve the animation & rigging pipeline
Requirements:
- 3+ years of professional experience as a Technical Animator / Technical Artist in game development, with at least 1 shipped title
- Strong expertise in Unreal Engine Animation Blueprints, procedural animation techniques, IK/FK systems, and real-time character/creature workflows
- Practical experience with physics simulation in real-time engines (ragdoll, active physics blending, joint constraints, momentum-based animation)
- Ability to quickly adapt to new pipelines, tools, and evolving engine features
- Excellent problem-solving skills and strong communication
- Maya rigging experience
- Programming experience
- Rigging pipelines from Maya → UE5
- Motion capture experience
- Familiarity with performance optimization
- Houdini experience
Benefits:
- We pay 100% of all premiums for the employee and discounted rates for dependent premiums.
- Our coverage includes Medical (5 different plans to choose from), Dental, Vision, Short Term and Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, 401(k) option, 100% covered Parental Leave, PTO, Paid Holidays, Unlimited Sick Time, and FSA/HSA options.
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