Technical Animator needed for a Contract Opportunity with Randstad Technologies client in Redmond, WA.
Minimum Qualifications and Skills
- A portfolio that demonstrates technical animation experience in some of the following areas:
- Maya, MotionBuilder, DCC animation tools, node graphs, animation trees, similar engine editors and 3rd party animation technologies.
- Applicable professional experience with high-end game engines as a Technical Arist, Technical Animator or Tools Programmer.
- Prior tools development, training and documentation experience.
- Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Experience using Maya and/or MotionBuilder as a Technical Artist or Technical Animator.
- Knowledge of AAA animation pipelines, tools, software and 3rd party solutions like UE.
- Character face and body rigging experience
- Experience with ragdoll/character physics setup, MB characterization, performance capture, virtual production and virtual cameras.
- strong understanding of the principles of animation and how best to adapt those to create believable characters and experiences.
- Experience working with both key frame animation and motion capture data driven projects.
- Passion for making groundbreaking games, with an appreciation of current industry trends.
- Expert-level knowledge of PyMel, Python, Lua or even better, C++.
location: Redmond, Washington
job type: Contract
salary: $29 - 39 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
- Partner with the Animation Leadership, Technical Animation and Animation engineers to help implement solutions and tools that increase animation quality and performance.
- Build, debug and support custom animation tools in Maya/MotionBuilder via PyMel/Python/Plugins.
- Collaborate with customers and UX partners to continually evaluate and improve animation workflows and pipelines.
- Work directly with Animators, Technical Artists and fellow Technical Animators to troubleshoot our proprietary animation tools and pipelines.
- Document and train others on our tools and workflows
qualifications:
- Experience level: Experienced
- Minimum 3 years of experience
- Education: Bachelors
skills:
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