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Animation Technical Director / Tech Artist

We’re seeking a visionary Technical Artist / Anim TD who thrives at the cutting edge of gaming and VFX to help us revolutionize next-gen characters, performance pipelines, and cinematic tools. You’ll partner with world class artists, animators, and engineers to breathe life into expressive characters, mastering both real-time and offline workflows.

LOCATION

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Remote

EMPLOYMENT TYPE

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Full-time

Core Responsibilities

  • Rigging stunning characters in Maya, building intuitive tools to empower animators and modelers to push creative boundaries.

  • Architecting scalable Unreal Engine workflows (MetaHumans, Blueprints, physics, cinematics) to create breathtaking experiences.

  • Integrating motion capture, volumetric 4D and FACS-based animation into high-fidelity pipelines that capture every nuance of human expression.

  • Developing intelligent, modular Python tools to bridge DCCs and engines.

  • Pioneering clean, future-friendly pipelines and versioning systems across disciplines and creative iteration.

This role is ideal for someone who moves fluidly between rigging in Maya, tools in Python, and real-time programing and blueprints in Unreal Engine. Someone who’s excited by the potential of ML deformers, familiar with digital human pipelines like Metahuman, and passionate about redefining the future of digital character driven storytelling.

Essential Arsenal

  • Maya mastery (rigging, scripting, tool dev)

  • Python proficiency 

  • Unreal Engine expertise (MetaHumans, blueprints, physics, cinematic pipelines)

  • Rock solid foundation in rigging, animation, and deformation systems

  • Experience with VCS eg. Git, Perforce, Plastic

Bonus Points

  • Houdini (VEX, APEX)

  • Marvelous Designer / Clo3D

  • Cloth / Muscle simulation

  • Shader development

  • ML Deformers

  • ZBrush

  • Shader development

  • C++

You

  • See technical challenges as exhilarating creative opportunities waiting to be conquered

  • Are passionate about empowering artists and revolutionizing workflows that unlock new levels of creativity

  • Are thrilled to build the future alongside a small, world-class team of creators and technologists with a shared vision.

  • Ideally based in (or able to work in) North American time zones.

AvatarOS is revolutionizing how digital humans move and perform. As an Animation Technical Director, you'll lead the development of our animation pipeline, ensuring our ML-driven avatars maintain the highest quality standards across all platforms and use cases

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