Senior Technical Animator

5+ years of professional experience as a Technical Animator or Technical Artist.
Experience maintaining and further developing an existing codebase of tools.
Experience creating tools for Maya and Motion Builder with Python.
Proficient with creating body & face rigs and skinning in Maya using proprietary tools.
Experience in model topology and directing character artists with best practices.
Experience with animation controllers and state machines using Mecanim or equivalent.
Experience working in Unity and using C# or equivalent.
Experience in 3D math skills such as linear algebra and matrix math.
Experience giving and receiving feedback in a highly collaborative environment.

Develop content creation pipelines and tools for the animation and character art teams.
Create rigs for characters and props.
Help integrate assets from Maya to Unity and troubleshoot issues.
Guide animation and character art teams on best authoring practices for optimized in-game assets.
Work with art teams to ensure designs will work with animations.
Collaborate with designers and gameplay engineers to develop animation features.
Collaborate with producers on planning and scheduling.
Mentor and train other technical animators on best practices and give code reviews.
Keep up to date with emerging trends in animation and rigging technology.