Technical Animator [Far Cry Project]

at  Ubisoft

Company Description
Ubisoft’s 19,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.
Job Description
The incumbent supports and innovates animation systems. Working closely with animators, riggers, game designers and programmers, you will work with mocap data, lip sync and facial animation systems, animation and physics rigs, animation trees and dynamic objects. In this role, you’ll track, refine or establish pipelines for conventional and innovative features.

• Understand the vision of technical management in animation;
• Working with technical constraints;
• Understand, analyze and propose new tools and best practices;
• Maintain communication with animators and other trades and departments;
• Support the Technical Direction team in the development of production methods and practices;
• Working with procedural animation systems and other animatable systems;
• Technical validation of animation assets and support for animators in creating nodal systems;
• Support the integration of animations in the game engine;
• Support the creation of animations and prototype systems in the game engine;
• Maintain the production pipeline of animations, procedures and tools;
• Provide technical support to the animation team;
• Create and maintain technical documentation;
• Perform any other related tasks.
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