Job Description
ARTWhat We DoPush your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.What Youll DoEpic Games is looking for a Senior Technical Designer in Animation (TDiA) to join our team working on Fortnite. As a TDiA, you will use your animation sense and technical understanding of character animation to design and create gameplay animation systems that facilitate appealing, high-quality character motion. You will be a primary point of contact for animation implementation issues and any animation-related technical challenges and will work closely with Animation, Design, and Engineering colleagues to ensure the animation pipeline operates smoothly and efficiently. You will also help identify potential issues and deploy correct solutions, using your technical knowledge to help bridge and facilitate communication between the animation team and other departments.In this role, you willFacilitate the creation of animation behavior tools/techniques/philosophies that allow the building of complex movement systemsDesign and implement animation state machines/behaviors and runtime solutionsWork closely with the Animation, Design, and Engineering departments to analyze, troubleshoot, and solve in-game animation implementation issues and animation-related technical challengesClosely collaborate with the animation leadership to maintain the style and quality bar for animations in the gameLook for opportunities to improve the animation pipeline/workflow and help provide solutions for technical animation problems, including performing training and creating documentation for the animation teamWhat were looking forA strong animation sense with a clear understanding of realistic and stylized character motion and how to achieve them with modern animation methodsExpertise with animation pipelines, including source content creation tools such as Maya, MotionBuilder, and the Unreal Engine using our Control Rig toolsetExceptional problem-solving ability with strong written communication and teamwork skillsFamiliarity with gameplay animation tools and concepts, such as blend trees and state machines; experience with Unreal Engine Animation Blueprints is a plusExperience with AAA game development, preferably on a large team using an established game engine (internal or commercial); experience with Unreal Engine is a plusCoding knowledge or experience with C++ is not requiredEPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFEWe pay 100% for benefits for both employees and dependents and offer coverage for supplemental medical, dental, vision, critical illness, telemedicine, Life and AD&D, long term disability insurance as well as weekly indemnity (short term disability) and a retirement savings plan with a competitive employer match. In addition to the EAP (employee assistance program), we also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents