Sr. Technical Artist

Requisition Number: 170159

Position Title: Senior Technical Artist 2

External Description:

Finding great talent, and supporting our studios to be the best place for people to use their strengths, is central to our philosophy. This is the principle behind our newly formed Seattle Studio focusing on open-world action-adventure games and pioneering next-generation emergent storytelling. Join us to pursue your passion to create unique, groundbreaking and inclusive games that empower players to create incredible stories of heroic adventure.

You will become a foundational part of a respectful and diverse team as a Senior Technical Animator, focusing on building a next-generation animation pipeline, to be the backbone for a bold AAA open world action RPG with an emphasis on procedural stories.

As a Senior Technical Animator you will report to the Technical Art Director while working closely with the game teams, to explore cutting edge techniques and new technologies to create and guide our procedural characters and stories. You will work together with the other technical directors to establish the processes and pipelines to help bring our next-generation characters to life.

Responsibilities:

• You will research state-of-the-art technologies around real-time character animation systems, and in collaboration with the tools and pipeline teams, implementing these technologies.
• Work with the Technical Directors to build the tools and pipeline around both run time animation systems and external character workflows.
• You will contribute to all areas of the animation pipeline, including real-time animation systems, character setup and rigging.
• Understand the needs of the character art and animation teams and work with them to support and evolve the character pipeline and workflows.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience with game animation systems architecture.
• Experience shipping a successful AAA title with a focus on Animation and Character pipelines.
• Experience with run-time Animation graph techniques - State machines, Blend Trees, Blendspaces and Procedural Animation constructions.
• Experience with keyframe animation and motion capture data, animation principles and body mechanics.
• Comfortable writing tools and game code. (C++, C#, Python, or Blueprints).

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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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Acerca de Electornic Arts

En Electronic Arts, nuestro objetivo es inspirar al mundo para que juegue. Creamos experiencias de juego nuevas y extraordinarias para nuestros millones de jugadores de todo el mundo, mediante la unión de personas con talento que combinan creatividad, innovación y pasión. Sabemos que nuestro punto fuerte es la diversidad de nuestra gente. Sumergimos a nuestros empleados en una cultura inclusiva y proporcionamos oportunidades de aprendizaje y liderazgo para que realicen el trabajo más impactante y gratificante de sus carreras.

Nuestros empleados son lo más importante. Ofrecemos paquetes de prestaciones completos que se centran en la salud y el bienestar para respaldar tus necesidades y ayudarte a equilibrar carrera y vida personal. Ofrecemos acceso a unos entornos de trabajo dinámicos y de colaboración, oportunidades para conectarnos y contribuir mediante los grupos de recursos de empleados, así como apoyo para una vida equilibrada con días libres pagados, bajas de maternidad y paternidad, además de videojuegos gratuitos y mucho más.

Electronic Arts 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, o de cualquier otra característica protegida por ley. Electronic Arts también lleva a cabo ajustes de espacios de trabajo para individuos cualificados con discapacidades, de acuerdo con la legislación aplicable.

Days Open: 113

Can this position be remote?: 1

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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.