Technical Animator (Temporary) - BioWare

Requisition Number: 166265

Position Title: Technical Artist 1

External Description:

Technical Animator (Temporary)

At BioWare, our mission is to create worlds of adventure, conflict, and companionship that inspire you to become the hero of your story.  Our teams inspire creativity using tech and tools such as the Frostbite engine and work with thousands of developers across EA’s network of studios.  We are passionate about games and their potential as a creative medium to reach and inspire people through emotion, artistry, and engaging storytelling. If you share this passion, this is an amazing opportunity to help shape the next generation of gaming.

Responsibilities:

You will:

• Develop rigs for our characters, creatures and props.
• Develop our animation tools and pipelines.
• Maintain our animation tools and pipelines.
• Help establish animation workflows and conventions.
• Prototype and implement procedural animation systems such as facial animation, destruction, cloth, and hair.
• Work with our design, character art, animation, and outsourcing teams.
• Debugging and support of animation systems and tools.
• You will report to the Lead Technical Animator.

Qualifications: 

• 2+ years of technical animation experience.
• Experience in rigging and skinning assets.
• An understanding of animation principles and anatomy.
• Experience with motion capture and retargeting.
• Proficient in standard industry tools such as Autodesk Maya.
• Candidate can identify problems and resolve them.
• Experience with scripting in python
• Experience with C++ and plugin authoring
• Demonstrate dependability and commitment to projects/tasks.

• All submissions must include a portfolio showing personal and professional artwork.

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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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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.

Days Open: 15

Can this position be remote?: 1

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。