145 applicants

Company

Original Job Post

Facebook · 2 days ago

Technical Animator

California, United States

Contract

Onsite

Mid Level

3+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Partner closely and lead the engineering and design teams in definining and developing content.

Design, manage and maintain the pipeline from artists and designers through to deployment.

Optimize content through enhancing performance and instructing the artists and designers on asset creation, modeling and texturing best practices.

Manage the technical animation pipeline including developing Maya tools and plug-ins for rigging and animation, and hooking up animations.

Develop broad technical expertise to assist in a wide variety of technical and artistic tasks.

Quickly solve issues with cross-functional leads.

Thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Qualification

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Maya/ArnoldBlenderPythonHoudiniCharacter AnimationAutomationMayaSubstance PainterSubstance DesignerZBrushKnaldMarmosetPhotoshopGame profilingFilm profilingOptimization techniquesCreativityVerbal communicationWritten communicationProblem-solvingCommunication across teamsLeadershipMentoring

Required

Experience in working with Maya/Arnold, Blender, Python.

Experience in procedural generation in Houdini.

Experience in working on characters or Avatars.

Experience in animation.

Preferred

Creativity, verbal and written communication skills and problem-solving ability are required.

Strong verbal and written communication skills; communication across teams including

Ability in creating tools and automation for one or more packages like Maya, Houdini, Substance Painter, Substance Designer, ZBrush, Knald, Marmoset, Photoshop, etc.

Experience in game/film profiling and optimization techniques

Leadership and mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

HSA Account

FSA Account

DCFSA Account

401k Retirement Account with Employer Matching

Paid Sick Leave

Paid Time Off

Company

Facebook

Glassdoor

3.9

Facebook AI offers technology and engineering services like theory, algorithms, applications, software and hardware infrastructure.

Founded in 2004

Menlo Park, California, USA

10,001+ employees

https://ai.meta.com/

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