3D Artist, Technical

As a Senior Technical Animator, you will be working with a team of talented engineers, artists, and technical artists to push the boundaries of what is possible on the Roblox platform. You will be instrumental in informing where we take our animation tools and help advance our capabilities by providing reference animations and new animations for our platform.

You will:

• Partner with engineers to prototype and guide the development of our movement and rigging systems
• Be a subject matter expert on animation and animation technology who cultivates a comprehensive, user-centered animation system
• Evaluate our internal workflows to develop a POV on areas of critical investment; bring knowledge of industry best practices to the team
• Coordinate and review any outsourced animation assets and be responsible for quality control
• Partner with our community engagement and documentation teams to build tutorials and sample content
• Engage with external creators to advise on best practices and surface opportunities to further improve workflows
• Familiarity with scripting languages and node-based character controllers (i.e. Unreal Blueprints) is ideal

You have:

• A Bachelor’s degree or proven experience in a related CG field or computer science
• 5+ years experience in the game industry, worked on titles on multiple platforms (mobile a plus)
• Ability: Envision extensible and efficient methods for production of high quality avatars; including clothing, hair, and skin shading
• Knowledge: Strong understanding of modern real-time engines, a variety of tools (including Maya and Blender), runtime animation systems, sophisticated deformation systems and cloth simulation
• Skills: Demonstrates an expertise in human motion, squash and stretch, timing, and secondary motion
• Technical Toolbelt: Builds rigs and morph targets, does skin weighting, and uses solvers for hair and cloth
• Strong communication and collaboration skills