Senior Technical Animator

• Maintain the production and software pipeline and meet deadlines.
• Creating high quality characters creatures and props rigging and skinning suitable technically to project the desired  universe.
• Autonomously implementing characters in Unreal Engine including cloth physics and blueprint setups. 
• Work closely with modelers and animators to ensure a smooth development pipeline that delivers high quality assets.
• Contributes to pipeline tools and working with engine and project leads on continuous improvement of those engine tools.
• Ability to provide clean and optimized assets or code within established systems and requirements.
• Autonomously work on pipeline tools and working with engine and project leads and propose continuous improvement of those engine tools including pushing forward on R&D case studies.
• Occasionally support Lead in recruitment projects with HR collaboration.
• Occasionally support new hires onboarding process.

Nice to have:

• Modeling and animation experience.
• Familiarity with other tools like Houdini and blender is a plus.

Qualifications :

• Minimum 5 years of experience in technical animation tools and pipeline development.
• Experienced building at least 1 AAA title.
• Good mentoring skills.
• Strong understanding of department dependencies and needed areas of collaboration throughout the project.
• Great experience with Maya specializing in rigging/skinning.
• Strong understanding of anatomy and character movement with close attention to physical deformation.
• Knowledge of facial rigs for games television or film.
• Strong physics simulation on cloth hair and other physics items.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly provide technical feedback into the tasks rigs toolsets and documentation.
• Good programming skills ability to write Python code.
• Familiarity with Unreal engine art production pipelines including notably character/animation related features.
• Self-motivation.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.

Additional Information :

What we offer 

UK

• Private medical healthcare (Vitality) and BUPA dental insurance for PCFs employees and their families.
• Gympass for employees and family members.
• Online Polish and English language classes.
• Access to the pension scheme.
• Flexible working hours.
• Free virtual health and mental wellbeing sessions included in the plan for members and their dependents.
• Personal development opportunities and ability to work in a global environment.
• Work in a creative team with people full of passion for what they do.

Poland

• Private medical healthcare including dental treatment for PCF members and their families (Signal Iduna).
• MultiSport card for you and your family members or friends.
• Free library with a wide range of games and books you have unlimited access to.
• In-company Polish and English language classes.
• Fresh fruit snacks and beverages for everyone in the office.
• Flexible working hours.
• Free virtual health and mental wellbeing sessions are included in the plan for members and their dependents.
• Personal development opportunities and ability to work in a global environment.
• Work in a creative team with people full of passion for what they do.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time