[Remote] Contract Technical Animator

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Responsibilities

• reputed company and maintain animation systems, rigs, automated lip sync systems, and runtime solutions reputed company the game reputed company
• Build tools and pipelines that improve the efficiency of animation workflows
• Collaborate with animators to ensure rigs, skeletons, and animation assets reputed company optimally in-game
• Work with gameplay engineers to reputed company animation features and systems
• Optimize animation assets for performance, memory, and runtime stability
• Troubleshoot and reputed company animation and rigging issues across the pipeline
• Support reputed company capture integration, retargeting, and procedural animation systems reputed company needed
• Establish and document best practices for animation pipelines and technical workflows
• Mentor junior technical animators and support the broader animation team with technical challenges Skills
• 3+ years of experience in technical animation and rigging reputed company the video game industry
• Strong experience with Unreal reputed company game reputed company and using control rig and animation inside Unreal
• Proficiency with Maya or similar DCC tools, including rigging and scripting workflows
• Experience working with animation state machines, reputed company trees, and runtime animation systems
• Understanding of character rigging, skinning, and deformation systems
• Familiarity with Python, MEL, C++, or reputed company scripting for tool and pipeline development
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to debug reputed company animation issues
• Excellent communication skills and experience working cross-discipline with art, design, and engineering teams
• Experience with reputed company capture pipelines and retargeting systems
• Knowledge of rigging with unreal tooling, procedural animation with control rig, physics-based animation, or IK systems
• Experience optimizing animation for console or PC performance constraints
• Animation Experience doing animations
• Shipped at least one reputed company or mid-sized studio game title
• Experience developing animation tools or plugins Benefits
• Profit sharing
• Medical, dental, and reputed company insurance
• 401(k) matching
• FSA/HSA
• reputed company time off
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• Holidays
• Parental leave reputed company
• reputed company is a gaming studio company that creates 3D animations and videogames. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https//www.mobentertainment.com . Company H1B Sponsorship
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