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About the role
- Lead Technical Animator developing and maintaining rigs for animated characters and assets at Virtuos. Collaborating with animators and technical artists to integrate assets into gameplay and cinematic pipelines.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, creation, and maintenance of rigs for characters, creatures, and props.
- Build, implement, and maintain animation logic directly in-engine, including state machines, control rigs, blend spaces, and animation blueprints/graphs.
- Collaborate closely with animators to ensure rigs and tools support fluid, expressive, and efficient animation workflows.
- Partner with engineers and technical artists to integrate animation assets into game systems.
- Develop tools and scripts to streamline rigging, skinning, and animation setup.
- Provide leadership and mentorship to the animation/technical animation team, offering feedback, training, and guidance to ensure growth and consistent quality.
- Troubleshoot and resolve rigging and animation integration issues throughout production.
- Research and apply emerging techniques to advance animation fidelity and efficiency.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in technical animation, rigging, or similar roles.
- Proven expertise in rigging and skinning characters, creatures, and props for production (preferably in Maya).
- Strong understanding of animation principles and how they translate to interactive environments.
- Experience implementing animation logic directly within a real-time engine (preferably Unreal Engine).
- Proficiency with scripting languages (e.g., Python, MEL, or similar) for workflow and pipeline automation.
- Demonstrated leadership or mentorship experience within animation or technical art teams.
- Strong problem-solving ability and cross-disciplinary communication skills.
- Fluency in English (spoken and written).
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical healthcare provided for all staff
- Remote work is possible
- Relocation support
- Career and international mobility opportunities with Virtuos Internal Mobility Program
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