Staff Gameplay Engineer - Character Animation

Responsibilities

• Create animations in Maya for Unity.

• Create advanced character animations graphs in Unity using state machines and blend trees.

• Troubleshoot and resolve Unity animation problems.

• Create both realistic and expressive character animations.

• Collaborate with teammates to achieve the desired aesthetic of the game. Follow references, concepts, and art direction, while also having the initiative to take the work further independently.

• Validate your work on device (Oculus VR Headset in the Unity editor).

• Optimization.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years experience creating animations and state machines for game characters in Unity.

• Strong portfolio showing abilities in creating high quality animations and systems for 3D character movement and interactions.

• Strong knowledge of Maya and Unity.

• Experience with 3D rigging and IK and FK systems.

• Experience with BlendShape animations.

• Experience animating UI and props.

• Strong knowledge of performance trade-offs and optimization for mobile VR (GPU and CPU impacts).

• Proficient with C# scripting language.

• Ability to repurpose, modify, and improve existing animation.

• Strong organization and problem solving skills.

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.

• Fluent in English.

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience animating for virtual reality.

• Experience with source control (Plastic, GIT, Perforce).

• Experience with mocap recording and cleanup.

• Knowledge of Unity FX.

• Knowledge of vertex animations and shaders.