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Senior Technical Animator (R27076)

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Description

Epic Games is seeking a Senior Technical Animator to join their Cinematics team, focusing on expressive character movements. This role involves collaborating with internal teams and external vendors to contribute to high-level trailers for Fortnite and other IP projects. The ideal candidate will be driven to find solutions and improve models, movements, and tools, with a primary focus on rigging, pipeline development, and tooling.

What We're Looking For

Rig characters, props, and vehicles.,Configure assets in Unreal Engine 5, including fabrics, physics, and blueprints.,Collaborate closely with modelers and animators to ensure an efficient development pipeline that delivers high-quality assets.,Assist in building pipeline tools and work with engine and project leads for continuous improvement of these tools.,Work directly on technical animation for cinematic trailers, including internal and outsourced projects.,Provide support and optimization for the animation team, covering performance/speed optimizations, engine stability, bug fixes in control rigs/constraints, and animation workflows.,Develop UI pickers for the Animation team.

Ideal Candidate

Extensive experience in character rigging using Maya, Houdini, or other Digital Content Creation (DCC) tools.,A portfolio demonstrating rigging experience for diverse characters, bipeds, and creatures, including both body and facial rigging.,Attention to aesthetic details, particularly regarding character deformation and physical movement.,Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline.,Positive attitude with strong written communication and teamwork skills.,Exceptional problem-solving abilities.,Experience in developing pipelines and tools for characters.

Hard Skills

Rigging
Unreal Engine 5
Maya
Houdini
DCC tools
Pipeline development
Tool development
UI pickers development
Optimization
Blueprints
Physics (Unreal Engine 5)

Soft Skills

Positive attitude
Strong written communication
Teamwork
Problem-solving
Collaboration
Attention to detail

Benefits

100% benefits (medical, dental, life insurance) for employees and dependents
Daily meal vouchers (for local employees)
Transportation benefits (for local employees)

About the Company

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Epic Games, Inc.

Epic Games is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company is best known for developing the Unreal Engine, the globally popular game Fortnite, and operating the Epic Games Store digital storefront.

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