Senior Technical Animator

• Take care of the full spectrum of tasks - from rigging and animation to implementation within the engine and coding needed features with C++/Blueprints (UE4).
  
• Work with a game environment such as animation tree, blend spaces, asset dependencies.
  
• Identify technical requirements and tools to deliver on the game vision.
  
• Making the bridge and sync up between the different teams involved in the animation pipeline.
  
• Support teams with their technical needs and constructively explain the root causes of risks and blockers.
  
• Write and maintain documentation, where applicable, and test new tools.
  

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience with keyframe animation and motion capture data, animation principles and body mechanics.
  
• Knowledge of Animation and implementation in Unreal Engine.
  
• Experience with establishing a pipeline for Animation and being the link between teams.
  
• Understanding of modern animation graphs techniques: State machines, Blend Trees, Blendspaces and Procedural Animation constructions.
  
• Knowledge of next-gen game animation systems architecture.
  
• Basic knowledge of Coding and/or Scripting (C++, C#, Python), to be able to read and update game code and scripts.
  
• Good communication and problem solving skills.
  

Benefits

• This is the onsite position with relocation to Aalborg, Denmark.
  
• Slipgate Ironworks studio is characterised by Danish working culture, a flat organisation with a high team spirit, where we get excited about new ideas no matter who brings them up.