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Technical Animator – Rigging
Location
Argentina
Posted
84 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Technical Animator – Rigging
Nimble Giant Entertainment
• Design, build, and maintain high-quality character, weapon, props and creature rigs for real-time applications. • Develop and refine skinning, deformation systems, and blend shape setups to achieve high visual fidelity. • Collaborate with Animators to ensure rigs are intuitive, efficient, and production-ready. • Work with Character Artists, Modelers, and Engineers to integrate assets seamlessly into the game engine. • Implement and support rigs inside Unreal Engine, ensuring compatibility with animation systems and gameplay requirements. • Utilize Animation Blueprints to support animation logic, blending, and state machines when needed. • Create and maintain rigging tools and pipeline solutions (primarily in Maya or similar DCCs) to improve team efficiency. • Support and troubleshoot issues related to rigs, skinning, and animation workflows. • Contribute to the evolution of the animation pipeline, identifying opportunities for improvement and optimization. • Act as a point of contact for rigging-related technical challenges across the team.
Job Requirements
- Strong expertise in rigging, skinning, and deformation systems for characters and creatures.
- Hands-on experience with Unreal Engine animation pipeline, including Animation Blueprints.
- Solid understanding of the full 3D art pipeline (modeling, rigging, skinning, export, integration).
- Experience building and maintaining custom rigging tools and workflows.
- Experience with 3D DCC tools (Maya preferred) for rig creation and tool development.
- Understanding of real-time constraints and optimization for game development.
- Familiarity with physics-based systems (cloth, hair, secondary motion rigs).
- Basic to intermediate knowledge of programming/scripting (Python, C#, or C++).
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
- Fluency in English and Spanish (written and spoken).
Benefits
- Excellence is one of our core drivers.
- Continuous learning in order to be on top of the game.
- Flexibility to work in a fun and relaxed environment.
- Inclusion and diversity to encourage diverse talent to join us.
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