Technical Animation Artist

1 Hour ago • All levels • Animation

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Technical Animator at Epic Games, you'll be a crucial part of solving creature, character, and asset-related challenges, optimizing the character implementation pipeline. Work will involve rigging and animating in Unreal Engine 5, utilizing Control Rig and Maya. Responsibilities include rigging characters and creatures, setting up assets in Unreal Engine (including physics and animation blueprints), and collaborating with animators, artists, and technical artists to ensure high-quality asset delivery. You'll help push tools forward, develop new workflows, and shape future engine development. The role requires extensive experience in Maya or Control Rig rigging, and a strong portfolio showcasing diverse character rigging.
Must have:
  • Extensive experience rigging characters in Maya or Control Rig
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating rigging for various characters
  • Familiarity with Unreal Engine's Control Rig
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills
  • Experience with AAA game development (preferably Unreal Engine)
Good to have:
  • Python programming experience
Perks:
  • 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, vision, LTD, and life insurance
  • 401k with competitive match
  • Robust mental well-being program
  • Unlimited PTO and sick time
  • Paid sabbatical after 7 years

Job Details

WHAT MAKES US EPIC?

At the core of Epic’s success are talented, passionate people. Epic prides itself on creating a collaborative, welcoming, and creative environment. Whether it’s building award-winning games or crafting engine technology that enables others to make visually stunning interactive experiences, we’re always innovating.

Being Epic means being a part of a team that continually strives to do right by our community and users. We’re constantly innovating to raise the bar of engine and game development.

ART

What We Do

Push your artistic talent to the limit on a team of world-class environment, character and concept artists who strive to innovate and inspire.

What You'll Do

As a Technical Animator for our game, you will play a crucial role in solving creature, character, and asset-related challenges while helping optimize the character implementation pipeline. Some of the content here will be fully rigged and animated in Unreal Engine. You will help push the tools forward, help develop new workflows, and shape future engine development. Joining this team means you’re motivated to seek solutions to problems and work with other artists to make positive changes to improve character creation in Unreal Engine. The heart of this role is rigging and animation in Epic’s core projects.

In this role, you will

  • Rig characters, creatures, and other assets in Control Rig as well as Maya
  • Set up assets in Unreal Engine 5, including physics and animation blueprints
  • Work closely with animators, character artists, asset implementers and other technical artists to ensure a smooth delivery of high quality assets

What we're looking for

  • Extensive experience rigging characters in Maya or Control Rig
  • A portfolio demonstrating rigging for a range of characters, bipeds, and creatures
  • Familiarity with the Unreal Engine’s Control Rig
  • Exceptional problem-solving ability with strong written communication and teamwork skills
  • Experience with AAA game development, preferably on a large team using an established game engine (internal or commercial), ideally with Unreal Engine
  • Self-motivation, a strong work ethic, a drive to learn more and improve skills, and the ability to work independently
  • Python programming experience a plus

EPIC JOB + EPIC BENEFITS = EPIC LIFE

Our intent is to cover all things that are medically necessary and improve the quality of life. We pay 100% of the premiums for both you and your dependents. Our coverage includes Medical, Dental, a Vision HRA, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance & a 401k with competitive match. We also offer a robust mental well-being program through Modern Health, which provides free therapy and coaching for employees & dependents. Throughout the year we celebrate our employees with events and company-wide paid breaks. We offer unlimited PTO and sick time and recognize individuals for 7 years of employment with a paid sabbatical.

ABOUT US

Epic Games spans across 25 countries with 46 studios and 4,500+ employees globally. For over 25 years, we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.

Like what you hear? Come be a part of something Epic!

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 .

Note to Recruitment Agencies: Epic does not accept any unsolicited resumes or approaches from any unauthorized third party (including recruitment or placement agencies) (i.e., a third party with whom we do not have a negotiated and validly executed agreement). We will not pay any fees to any unauthorized third party. Further details on these matters can be found .

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Founded in 1991, Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company and provider of 3D engine technology. Epic operates Fortnite, one of the world’s largest games with over 350 million accounts and 2.5 billion friend connections. Epic also develops Unreal Engine, which powers the world’s leading games and is adopted across industries such as film and television, architecture, automotive, manufacturing, and simulation. Through Unreal Engine, Epic Games Store, and Epic Online Services, Epic provides an end-to-end digital ecosystem for developers and creators to build, distribute, and operate games and other content. Epic has over 40 offices worldwide with headquarters in Cary, North Carolina.

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