// Open Role at Epic Games
Join Epic Games as a Technical Designer in Animation, shaping cutting-edge gameplay animation systems and character motion for high-quality, entertaining experiences. Collaborate with art, design, and engineering to innovate and streamline animation pipelines, pushing the boundaries of interactive character animation.
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Epic Games is looking for a Technical Designer in Animation (TDiA) to join our team working across various animation systems. As a TDiA, you will use your animation sense and technical understanding of character animation to design and create gameplay animation systems that facilitate entertaining, high-quality characters. You will be a primary point of contact for animation implementation, any animation-related technical challenges, and will work closely with Animation, Design, and Engineering colleagues to ensure the animation pipeline operates smoothly and efficiently. You will also help identify potential issues and deploy correct solutions, using your technical knowledge to help bridge and facilitate communication between the animation team and other departments.
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Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety of industries such as media and entertainment, automotive, and architectural design. As we continue to build our Engine technology and develop remarkable games, we strive to build teams of world-class talent.
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Strong animation sense with understanding of realistic and stylized character motion. Understanding of generative AI tools for character animation. Expertise with animation pipelines including Maya, MotionBuilder, and Unreal Engine using Control Rig. Exceptional problem-solving ability with strong written communication and teamwork skills. Strong familiarity with gameplay animation tools and concepts such as blend trees, state machines, and Unreal Engine Animation Blueprints. Experience with AAA game development on a large team using an established game engine; Unreal Engine experience is a plus. Self-motivation, strong work ethic, and ability to work independently. C++ experience not required.