Technical Animator

Requisition Number: 168089

Position Title: Technical Artist 2

External Description:

Technical Animator 

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:

• Independently drive multiple key features for technical animation, including runtime systems, physics/ragdoll, and facial animation R&D and implementation
• Lead communication efforts related to assigned features, including reaching out to external partners as needed, and clearly describing the needs of the project
• Develop and maintain animation tools and pipelines
• Prototype and implement procedural animation systems such as facial animation, destruction, cloth, and hair
• Collaborate with the design, character art, animation, and outsourcing teams
• Debugging and support of animation systems and tools

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of technical animation experience
• Experience in rigging and skinning assets
• Experience with python or C++
• A demonstrable understanding of animation principles and anatomy
• Experience with motion capture and retargeting
• Proficient with standard industry tools such as Autodesk Maya
• Excellent problem solving skills. The candidate must be able to quickly identify issues and resolve them. 
• Collaborative team player with strong cross-group communication skills
• Excellent decision making capabilities
• Demonstrates dependability and commitment to projects/tasks

Portfolio:

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

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Community / Marketing Title: Technical Animator

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: 48

Can this position be remote?: 0

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。