Position Title - Character Technical Artist

Location - Redmond, WA

Compensation - Negotiable Hourly Rate plus Benefits



Job Description:

A renowned game studio is looking for a Character Technical Artist to help develop new experiences in our universe. A Character Technical Artist creates rigs and believable deformations on characters, weapons, vehicles and props, empower other disciplines and solve technical production issues.



Responsibilities:

• Develop character, weapon, and vehicle content in Maya and proprietary game engine.


• Solve technical production issues, especially those related to engine related troubleshooting.


• Work with content teams (such as animation or design) to collaborate on asset creation.


• Optimize assets to fit within performance budgets.


• Become proficient in proprietary workflows and pipelines.


• Create technically sound rigs and in-game assets for characters, weapons, and vehicles.


• Demonstrates, communicates and exemplifies clear expectations for quality of work, productivity, communication and professionalism to the team.


• Identify missing and help create documentation and tutorials relating to technical issues.


• Excel as a team player and strive to maximize team/department performance and collaboration.


• Based on experience - Develop tools, scripts, plugins to streamline processes.

• Degree in Computer Science, Commercial Art or related fields.


• Experience within the fields of Rigging/Character Technical Art.


• Proficiency in Python, MEL or PyMel.


• Expert knowledge of Maya for animation and rigging.


• Expert knowledge of Animation principles and Kinematics.


• Solid foundation in human anatomy and mechanical principles.


• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.


• Work well under deadlines and multi-tasks.


• Is self-motivated and self-reliant.


• Excellent troubleshooting skills.

• Facial rigging experience.


• C# and C++ (Maya API) experience.


• 2+ years of experience in the games or film/television industries including shipping AAA console titles.


• 4+ years or more of production experience within the fields of Rigging/Character Technical Art.