Senior Technical Animator (Unreal Engine)

JobgetherGame development

Based in FranceFull-TimeSenior

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Languages: Fluency in English
Experience: At least 6 years of professional experience in game animation or technical animation.
Required Skills: BlenderUnreal engine

At least 6 years of professional experience in game animation or technical animation.
Experience contributing to commercially released game productions.
Strong hands-on experience with Unreal Engine 5 and real-time character animation systems.
Strong technical skills in character rigging, skinning, and deformation.
Understanding of animation principles, character mechanics, and real-time animation workflows.
Professional proficiency with Maya and Blender, including integration with Unreal Engine.
Practical experience with Animation Blueprints, State Machines, Blend Spaces, and Motion Matching.
Understanding of Behavior Trees, State Trees, and their interaction with character animation systems.
Experience developing and maintaining digital content creation tool-to-engine animation pipelines.
Ability to diagnose and resolve complex animation integration, rigging, and performance issues.
Ability to work independently and collaborate with animators, technical artists, and programmers.
Fluency in English.

Create, maintain, and optimize rigs for bipedal, non-bipedal, and mechanical characters.
Develop rigging, skinning, and deformation solutions for real-time character performances.
Implement and maintain Unreal Engine animation systems, including Animation Blueprints, State Machines, Blend Spaces, and Motion Matching workflows.
Support animation logic and integration involving Behavior Trees and State Trees with gameplay programmers.
Diagnose and resolve animation, rigging, integration, and performance issues.
Develop pipelines connecting Maya, Blender, and Unreal Engine for animation export, import, retargeting, and character integration.
Build reusable tools and automation to improve animator productivity and streamline production.
Identify pipeline bottlenecks and implement scalable technical improvements.
Document technical workflows and share knowledge across distributed teams.
Collaborate with animation, technical art, and engineering teams to translate creative requirements into production-ready solutions.

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