Senior Rigger

Job Description

Senior Rigger (Apex Legends)

Founded in 2010 by the original creators of the Call of Duty Franchise, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when talented people have creative freedom, they'll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. From our roots as an indie studio to joining the expansive roster of studios at Electronic Arts, this remains our guiding principle. We truly love what we do and want to share our passion with players worldwide. Our shipped titles include critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends, Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Star Wars™ Jedi: Fallen Order and Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond. Join us for the opportunity to create groundbreaking games with some of the best developer talent in the industry.

You can learn more about our studio and values at respawn.com/studio.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Character/Creature Rigger to join the Apex Legends team. We're picturing someone who will embrace our philosophy and share their hard earned expertise to collaborate with Art Direction and Creative Leads to help develop tools and support the team in creating this fast and immersive game. You are passionate about Technical art, problem-solving and experienced in workflow, tools and performance.

Responsibilities:
• Write tools for the Art & Animation pipeline including rigging, content creation automation, etc.
• Collaborate with Artists, Animators, Coders, & Designers to implement game content.
• Establish and maintain best practices, quality bar, pipelines, and processes for the department.
• Troubleshoot and prioritize artist issues with tools and art creation workflow.
Serve as an advocate for the department's goals, needs, and desires. Remove roadblocks, raise red flags, etc.
• Collaborate with other departments to ensure good communication and solid working relationships between departments.
• Inspire the entire department to constantly raise the quality bar, develop solutions, and work with all other connected departments.
• Modular rigging experience is necessary

Qualifications:
• 6+ years professional experience.
• Strong Math skills.
• Expert knowledge of Python/MEL scripting for Maya.
• Expert knowledge of rigging & skinning characters, weapons, creatures, etc in Maya.
• In depth expertise on relevant 3D software packages (Maya, Zbrush, etc. )
• Portfolio that demonstrates relevant tech art experience in games (tools, pipelines, etc.)
• Demonstrable strong understanding of relevant tools and technology.
• Strong understanding of game engines and art integration pipelines and how to optimize them.
• Knowledge of Java, C# or C++ is a plus.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-rnmxnk-3-147-72-11-42 in your application.