Technical Animator

Technical Animator

Psyonix is searching for a Technical Animator with a passion for expressive character movement to work on Rocket League. In this talented team of veteran and emerging artists, you'll collaborate with an internal team, but also will include work with vendors and specifically contribute directly to high-profile trailers related to Rocket League and other IP related projects. Joining this team means you're motivated to seek solutions to problems and work with other artists to make positive changes to models, movements, and tools.

The heart of this role is rigging, pipeline, animation, and tooling. In this role, you will:

• Rig and animate characters, props, and vehicles
• Set up assets in Unreal Engine 5; including cloth, physics, blueprints, control rig
• Work closely with modelers, animators, and gameplay engineers to ensure a smooth development pipeline that delivers high-quality assets
• Develop, maintain, and expand robust Python scripts and tools to accelerate animation workflows
• Assist with pipeline tools and working with engine and project leads on continuous improvement of those engine tools
• Create high-quality keyframe animations for characters, creatures, and vehicles when needed for gameplay features

What we're looking for:

• Extensive experience rigging characters in Maya
• A portfolio demonstrating rigging for a range of vehicles, characters, creatures, both body and faces (showing both rigging/technical setup and strong keyframe animation examples is a big plus)
• Attention to aesthetic detail, especially with regards to character deformation and physics movement
• Solid understanding of animation principles
• Familiarity with the Unreal Engine 5 art pipeline, animation blueprints, and physics
• Positive individual with strong written communication and teamwork skills
• Basic knowledge of AI tools to improve workflow and project pipeline
• Exceptional problem-solver
• Experience developing character pipelines and tools

This role is open to multiple locations across the US (including CA, NYC, & WA).

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