Technical Artist I
Location: Orlando, FL, USA
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Requisition Number: 157395
Position Title: Technical Artist 1
External Description:
Technical Artist (Rigging)
Description
The Rigging Technical Artist (Rigging TA) is a liaison between artists and software engineers by developing solutions to assets, tools, and workflows that ensure the desired visual result to be attained. As a contributor, understanding of real-time computation and bio-mechanics, as it relates to human anatomy, is a must for creating believable skin deformation and control systems. The Technical Artist will work as part of a team and coordinate with supervisors, lead artists, and directors to create and provide content to game teams.
What a Sr. Rigging TA does at EA:
- Design complex skeletons, control rigs, secondary animation (fat, jiggle), and skin deformations
- Design, deploy and maintain animation tools, workflows, and pipelines to improve production efficiency
- Implement techniques and process to solve character and animation and deformation challenges as identified by department lead
- Lead in problem identification and delivering solutions
- Determine and estimate tasks for other team members to take on to the best of their abilities
- Work and collaborate with the essential client partners (Art, Programming, Production, etc.)
The next great EA Sr. Rigging TA needs
- 5+ years of technical art/rigging/animation experience with multiple shipped game titles or VFX/feature animation
- Experience with Python, C# or C++ and familiarity with the Maya API (MotionBuilder API experience a plus)
- Established background in rigging and skinning complex character assets
- Understand animation principles and human anatomy
- Expert in standard industry tools including Maya, Houdini, and MotionBuilder in applicable areas
- Have a collaborative work ethic who is not afraid of big challenges. You will be asked to identify issues and resolve them.
- Document tools required to educate artists on new tools or workflows.
- Degree in visual effects or technical subject area is preferred.
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Company Profile:
Electronic Arts Inc. 是全球领先的互动娱乐软件公司。 EA 提供适用于联网主机、个人电脑、手机和平板电脑的游戏、内容和在线服务。
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Days Open: 304
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EEO Employer Verbiage:
EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律,为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。