That's No Moon

Senior Technical Animation Designer

That's No Moon

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Remote • California • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $134,000 - $157,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Support the creation and integration of AAA quality gameplay animations that reflect the game design goals and mechanics using Unreal Engine 5
  • Create and maintain Unreal Engine Blueprints for animation systems and state machines
  • Work closely with animators, engineering and design teams to support innovative animation systems such as motion matching
  • Collaborate with the animation team to ensure cinematics and gameplay are a seamless holistic experience
  • Use and design debug tools to solve animation issues
  • Be proactive, assisting with troubleshooting workflows, rigging and pipeline issues
  • Effectively connect with animators, engineers, and design, to give and accept feedback
  • Support animation tool and workflow development with documentation

Requirements

  • Comprehensive understanding of Unreal Engine Blueprints, state machines, blend spaces, Montages, Anim Graphs, and Event Graphs
  • Strong understanding of 3Cs to expertly craft systems that attain the design goals of the game
  • Experience working with motion capture data in the game industry with an emphasis on technical knowledge of integration practices
  • Working knowledge of scripting or C++ a bonus
  • Technical working knowledge of Maya
  • A passion for making games and the enthusiasm to polish
  • Strong technical problem-solving and interpersonal skills
Benefits
  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • 401(k) match
  • flexible PTO
  • supplemental life and disability
  • more

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
Unreal Engine 5Unreal Engine Blueprintsstate machinesblend spacesMontagesAnim GraphsEvent Graphsmotion capture datascriptingC++
Soft skills
technical problem-solvinginterpersonal skillsproactivecollaborationfeedback acceptancetroubleshootingenthusiasmpassion for games