Senior Technical Animator (Unreal Engine 4/5, Maya)

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Senior Technical Animator (Unreal Engine 4/5, Maya)

Metatec Production is a VR development company focusing on the next generation of immersive online experiences and providing content creation and programming services to VR and metaverse companies. We create state-of-the-art VR products on various platforms using the latest technologies, approaches, and toolsets.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Working with Rigs/Skinning in Maya
Working with Animation Blueprints/Control Rig in Unreal Engine
Technology research, including new techniques of animation, animation baking, retargeting, motion capture and animation synthesis, VR locomotion, etc.
Preparation of Character/Animation guidelines
Interaction with technology and creative partners, art department and MoCap studio
Documentation of important information related to working with content in Confluence or its equivalent

HARD SKILLS

MUST

3+ years of work with skeletal animation
2+ years of Unreal Engine development experience
MEL/Python Maya scripting
Understanding of tech budget constraints, performance of skeletal animation/blendshapes
Good understanding of Blueprints; Ability to use Blueprints for custom animation logic (Both, ABP and BPs)
Understanding of Unreal Sequencer

NICE TO HAVE

Understanding of VR limitations and best practices
Experience with Unreal Control Rig
Houdini experience
Experience with Motion Capture
Participation in commercial releases of projects made in Unreal Engine 4 (high budget AAA projects are a plus.)
Experience in VR locomotion
Perforce (P4) experience
C++ Knowledge, ability to read Unreal Source code
Unreal Python scripting/Blutilities
Experience with Epic’s Metahuman