Senior Technical Animator
We are looking for a technical animator to work alongside our animation team, programmers and designers to bring our next game to life.
We are looking for a technical animator to work alongside our animation team, programmers and designers to bring our next game to life. Reporting to the Creative Director, the role offers the potential for ownership & significant contribution to our upcoming next-gen title. We are looking for someone who can help bring our characters to new heights, with responsive and systemic animation, in an immersive new FPS.
Responsibilities:
- Create and implement animation systems and behaviours
- Developing and maintaining the animation pipeline, both in motionbuilder and maya
- Rigging and skinning for everything from humanoid characters to mechs
- Collaborate with design, programming & creative direction
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of technical animation experience in the games or film industry
- Knowledge of Motion Builder and/or Maya
- Knowledge of Python or similar languages
- Prior experience working with in-engine animation systems
Bonus points:
- Experience of working with facial animation pipelines
- Experience of working with cloth systems
- Technical experience of working with Blueprints or similar
- Unreal Engine experience
- Department
- Art
- Locations
- Neon Giant
- Remote status
- Temporarily Remote
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Competitive Salary
Even as an indie developer, we understand that the salary is what pays for the day-to-day and we're competitive on the AAA level. -
Flexible hours
Not all of us enjoy early mornings... -
Creative ownership
We believe the way to get the most and best out of people, is by trusting them and letting them have big ownership in how to achieve a shared vision. -
Responsibility
With great power comes great responsibility. We're listing it as a perk, because that's the way we look at it. -
Swedish everything
5 week vacations, holidays, parental leave, free healthcare, free Swedish courses, free school, great childcare, etc. -
Relocation package
Of course we'll cover the moving expenses and help set you up. -
Training
We encourage and support individual training in fields where people want to grow. For example by going to Unreal Game Fest. -
Private Healthcare
We offer an excellent health care package in the private sector (on top of also having access to public health care).
Neon Giant is located in Uppsala; Sweden’s fourth biggest city and just 30min away from the capital. Uppsala has a very high standard of living and is able to provide both a lively city environment and nature with the City Park, the Botanical Gardens, a myriad of trails and walking paths as well as rivers. Uppsala has been a hotbed of scientific innovation for a long time and hosts one of the nations best hospitals. Give it a Google!
Senior Technical Animator
We are looking for a technical animator to work alongside our animation team, programmers and designers to bring our next game to life.
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