Sr. Character Technical Artist

Requisition Number: 155361

Position Title: Senior Animator

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Sr. Character Technical Artist

 

Job Summary

Maxis is looking for a talented Character Technical Artist / Technical Animator. We are gearing up for our next big production and we need some passionate teammates to collaborate with to bring our new characters to life. If you are passionate about characters, rigging, & animation pipelines, bringing the latest trends in technology to bear against your craft, and collaborating with others to develop best in class character experiences for new IPs … come join our team.

 

Responsibilities and Duties

• Create and maintain all rigs and part systems for characters and animated objects.
• Collaborate with the Animation Director, Art Director, Engineers, Character & Animation Leads to develop industry leading animation pipelines .
• Develop tools and workflows to empower character artists and animators to craft best in class character user experiences.
• Aptitude in working with keyframe animation and motion capture data, troubleshooting motion data issues, and ensuring best practices.
• Firefight production issues, investigating hot issues and resolving roadblocks.
• Understanding of performance and optimization requirements and experience diagnosing and profiling content costs.
• Collaborate with Technical Art partners across EA to develop and share pipelines and best practices.
• Keep up with the latest trends and technical tools for character and animation content development.

 

Qualifications and Skills

• Minimum of 6+ years of tech art / tech animation / rigging development experience in Maya for video games.
• Served as a Senior Tech Artist or Tech Animator on a published or soon to be published video game project. 
• Expert proficiency with Maya.
• In depth experience with creating and maintaining high end character rigs.
• Experience building custom deformers and blend shape solutions.
• Proficiency in Python & Mel (C# and other languages a plus.)
• Experience writing tools to aid animators and character artist workflows.
• Understanding of real-time animation systems and developing within technical limitations of a range of platforms (pc, mobile, console, etc).
• Experience working in real-time game engines such as Unity and Unreal Engine.
• Strong knowledge of latest trends & technologies supporting rigging and animation pipelines & workflows.
• Experience with animation retargeting solutions (offline and in-engine) a plus.
• Experience developing and maintaining animation blend trees a plus. 
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively across multiple disciplines to achieve team technical objectives.
• Ability to communicate thru solid documentation of developed pipelines and workflows.
• Experience in Perforce or other version control software.
• Well versed in Shotgun, Jira or other bug tracking and project management software.

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We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.