Senior Technical Animator

Epic Games is searching for a Senior Technical Animator with a passion for expressive character movement to work within the Cinematics team. Join a talented team of veteran and emerging artists and collaborate with internal teams, vendors, and contribute to high-profile trailers related to Fortnite and other IP projects. The heart of this role is rigging, pipeline, and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Rig characters, props, and vehicles
• Set up assets in Unreal Engine 5; including cloth, physics, and blueprints
• Work closely with modelers and animators to ensure a smooth development pipeline and workflow that delivers high-quality assets
• Assist in building pipeline tools and work with engine and project leads on continuous improvement of those engine tools
• Direct Technical Animation work for Cinematic trailers, including outsourced and internal trailers
• Provide support and optimization for the Animation Team, including performance/speed optimizations, engine stability, control rig/constraint bug issues, and animation workflows
• Design UI Pickers for the Animation team

Qualifications

• Extensive experience rigging characters in the Unreal Engine
• A portfolio demonstrating rigging for a range of characters, bipeds, and creatures, both body and faces
• Attention to aesthetic detail, especially with regards to character deformation and physics movement
• Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline
• Positive individual with strong written communication and teamwork skills
• Exceptional problem-solver
• Experience developing character pipelines and tools

Benefits

We 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.

Epic Games deeply values diverse teams and an inclusive work culture, and we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. Learn more about our Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy here.