Technical Animator

Job Description

(Senior)Technical Animator

Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin's Creed, Rainbow Six, to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you're passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help us create the unknown!
Created in 1996, Ubisoft Shanghai studio, is a vibrant and exciting place where our talents get opportunities to either co-develop great AAA blockbuster games, create cutting-edge online games or produce fun mobile games.
To learn more, please visit: www.ubisoftgroup.com
Job Description
About the Role
As a Technical Animator, you will be responsible for supporting and innovating animation systems and activities. You will work closely with animators, riggers, designers, and programmers to handle mocap data, lip sync and facial animation systems, animation rigs, physics rigs, animation trees, and dynamic objects. You will follow, refine, or establish pipelines for both conventional and innovative features, as well as create game pipelines and standards and develop tools for the animation team.
What you will do
• Learn the existing AAA game animation system and pipeline.
• Provide constant technical support of the tools and engine to the animation team and communicate regularly the technical restrictions and their rationale.
• Train animators in the workflow, tools, and anything else surrounding the implementation of animation assets into the game engine.
• Supervise all integration of animation assets into the game engine.
• Communicate with engine and animation programmers.
• Assist in the design, integration, and validation of animation assets.
• Work with physics systems for rigid/soft bodies, hair, and clot
Qualifications
• Basic knowledge of related animation modules.
• Deep knowledge of human/creature anatomy.
• Good engine application and project development conceptualization.
• Ability to write technical documentation.
• Great communication skills to cooperate well with other team members.
• Basic English communication skills in both spoken and written

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-bxnpzy-216-73-216-222-42 in your application.