Principal Animator

Job Description

Principal Animator (Product)

DESIGN
What We Do
Put your design skills to work at a cutting-edge company that challenges the norm. From character and level design to competitive gameplay and system design, help shape the future of interactive entertainment at Epic.
What You'll Do
The MetaHuman team is looking for a Principal Animator to help drive the vision for high-quality character animation. A successful candidate should have a great understanding of the fundamentals of animation and how they relate to game animation and the ability to implement animations in the Unreal Engine.
In this role, you will
• Become a stakeholder for quality results in animation using MetaHuman and Unreal Engine technology.
• Take ownership of testing and validating tools and workflows, providing feedback on animation systems such as retargeting and anim blueprints.
• Work closely with Engineering and Tech Anim to give feedback on rigs and the design of tools and pipelines.
• Work hands-on both in DCC and in Unreal Engine, animating and creating anim blueprints, graphs and test control rigs, and other systems that support feature creation and improvement.
• Provide alignment by being a point of contact to represent animation use and workflows with MetaHumans with other Epic teams and initiatives.
What we're looking for
• Experience in both key-framing and mocap animation.
• Strong eye for both facial performance and body mechanics.
• Hands-on experience with retargeting and technical animation workflows, including anim blueprints.
• Good understanding of both realistic and stylized motion.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

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Jobcode: Reference SBJ-eooe77-216-73-216-18-42 in your application.