Animation Full-Time Hybrid

Senior Technical Animator

Senior Technical Animator – Character Rigging at Electronic Arts

Job Overview

As a Senior Technical Animator – Character Rigging, you will collaborate closely with Animation, Character Art, and Technical teams to create robust pipelines, runtime tools, and character rigging systems. You will contribute to workflow innovation, support artists, and improve production efficiency within Maya and game engine environments.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and maintain advanced character rigs and animation systems.
Create scripting tools and support artist workflows for animation pipelines.
Design solutions for emerging character workflow challenges.
Collaborate with Technical Animation, Character Art, and Animation teams.
Build and improve DCC and runtime tools within Maya and Source Engine.
Implement scalable and performant rigging solutions for live-service content.
Provide troubleshooting support for rigs, tools, and engine integration.
Support workflows related to skins, character customization, and personalization systems.

Qualifications

5+ years of experience in Technical Animation or Technical Art within the game industry.
Strong expertise in character rigging and skinning in Autodesk Maya.
Experience with mechanical rigs and creature setups.
Knowledge of live-service game production workflows.
Experience with real-time deformation and physics systems.
Strong Python and PySide scripting skills for tool development.
Experience working with keyframe animation and motion capture data.
Strong communication and collaborative problem-solving skills.
Experience contributing to shipped game titles, preferably FPS games.
Experience with FACS-based facial animation pipelines is a plus.