Senior Technical Animator (Star Wars)

Requisition Number: 117708

Position Title: Senior Technical Artist

External Description:

Respawn Entertainment is a AAA game development studio that was founded in 2010 by former co-founders of Infinity Ward and creators of the multi-billion dollar Call of Duty and Modern Warfare franchises. In 2017, Respawn was acquired by Electronic Arts, a leading global interactive entertainment publisher. We have shipped Titanfall and Titanfall 2 to critical acclaim, and are currently hiring for our Star Wars ™,  Titanfall, and Unannounced VR game development teams. Our motto is gameplay first, and the opportunity to create groundbreaking games with some of the best developer talent in the industry awaits our future team members. 

Our motto is fun game-play first, and we’re looking for a highly skilled Senior Technical Animator who will embrace our philosophy and share his/her hard-earned expertise to provide support to the Star Wars ™ animation and art teams. The Senior Technical Animator will be responsible for helping to maintain an efficient pipeline, building tools in Maya, and working closely with the Animation and Art Departments. If this sounds like you, we're looking forward to seeing your resume! 

What you’ll do...

• Rigging and skinning of characters and props.
• Develop and maintain pipelines, tools, and processes.
• Research and development. Troubleshoot technical issues in Maya and game engine, keeping details records/documentation of tool creation.
• MEL/Python scripting in Maya.
• Seek to constantly raise the quality bar, develop solutions, and work with the Animation and Art Departments to streamline processes.

 Ideally, you'll have...

• 5+ years’ game industry experience working on the technical side of Animation and Art in games.
• Experience in Maya scripting (MEL/Python.)
• Extensive rigging experience using Maya.
• A keen eye for proper skin deformation.
• Experience working with both keyframe animation and motion capture data.
• A proactive, positive attitude.
• Experience on one or more shipped title(s).

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. es una empresa de software de entretenimiento interactivo líder a nivel mundial. EA distribuye juegos, contenido y servicios en línea para consolas, ordenadores personales, teléfonos móviles y tabletas conectados a Internet.

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Days Open: 148

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EA ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. Nuestras decisiones de empleo se hacen independientemente de raza, color, nacionalidad, ascendencia, sexo, género, identidad o expresión de género, orientación sexual, edad, información genética, religión, discapacidad, condición médica, embarazo o estado civil, familiar o de veterano. EA también lleva a cabo ajustes de espacios de trabajo para individuos cualificados con discapacidades, de acuerdo con la ley aplicable.