Technical Animator

Job Description

Technical Animator (Plastic)

ANIMATION AT EPIC

Unreal projects have been leading the pack of real-time entertainment with our constantly growing team of animation experts. We're always improving on the tools and technology that empower content developers worldwide.

We have now teamed up with Plastic who have been at the forefront of graphics technology for over 20 years, developing some of the most ambitious and future facing projects in Europe's vibrant Demoscene.

Plastic has a track record pushing the boundaries of graphics and game development forward, creating genre defining experiences that sit on the bleeding edge of technological advances. At Epic the Plastic team will be leading a new game studio that will focus on creating original standalone experiences. We're opening our first phase of hiring as part of our strategy to drive this work and bring new experiences to market.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

We are searching for an experienced Technical Animator to join our newly acquired Plastic studio. You will join a small but fast growing team and report directly to the Studio Director. You're someone who can work from concept to implementation, have shipped at least one title and experience with gameplay systems, modeling, skinning and rigging.

In this role, you will
• Take animation from initial concept through to implementation in our internal toolset.
• Program tools and pipelines to shorten the path from the concept to final implementation.
• Create character specific animations, for example, dances and emotes as well as gameplay animations.

What we're looking for
• C++ or python knowledge.
• Experience with realistic and stylized motions.
• Experience working with mocap data.
• Experience with animation state machines and low level animation systems.
• Strong experience with gameplay systems.
• Bonus points for related skills such as modeling, skinning and rigging.
• You're user-focused, passionate, scrappy, solutions-focused, and innovative. These traits equal success at Epic and influence everything we do.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-g69zb0-13-58-247-31-42 in your application.