Technical Artist - Animation

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Keywords StudiosVideo Game Art
Malaysia. IndonesiaFull-TimeMiddle
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Required Skills
PythonC#Unreal engine

Requirements

  • Experience with programming and scripting languages including Python, C#, MEL, PyMEL, and MAXScript.
  • Proficiency in Unreal Engine (Control Rig, Physics, Animation Blueprints) and Unity (Mecanim, Animation Rigging, DOTS).
  • Expertise in Maya and 3DS Max for rigging, scripting, and tool creation.
  • Solid understanding of runtime animation systems, rig solvers, and physics components.
  • Experience with animation pipeline development and motion capture integration.
  • Knowledge of procedural animation, secondary motion, and performance profiling.
  • Experience with version control systems such as Perforce and Git.
  • Familiarity with shader scripting (HLSL/GLSL) for deformation or skinning is a plus.
  • Familiarity with Houdini for procedural rigs and physics is a plus.
  • Standard DCC tool proficiency including Photoshop and Substance.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with animators, character artists, and gameplay engineers to ensure efficient workflows and high-fidelity content.
  • Translate animation team technical requirements into actionable engineering and pipeline solutions.
  • Diagnose and resolve complex animation issues including rig behavior, deformation, skeletal hierarchies, retargeting, and physics.
  • Design and maintain modular, animator-friendly rigs for characters, creatures, props, and mechanical assets.
  • Implement physics-based systems like ragdolls, cloth simulation, and procedural animation.
  • Develop animation blueprints, state machines, and control rigs in Unreal or Unity.
  • Build validation tools for naming conventions, rig integrity, and performance budget enforcement.
  • Profile and optimize animation systems, rig performance, and runtime solvers within hardware constraints.
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