Senior Technical Animator - of Giants

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As a Senior
Technical Animator
on March of Giants at Ubisoft Montreal, you will support, improve, and innovate animation systems used in game production. You will work closely with animators, riggers, game designers, and programmers to ensure animation systems are efficient, reliable, and aligned with creative and technical goals.

What you’ll do:

• Support and evolve
  animation systems
  , including motion capture, facial animation, and lip sync;
• Collaborate with animators and riggers to develop and maintain
  animation rigs
  and procedural systems;
• Analyze production needs and propose
  tools, workflows, and best practices
  ;
• Perform
  technical validation
  of animation assets and support animators in nodal system creation;
• Support the
  integration of animations
  into the game engine;
• Prototype and test
  animation and physics systems
  directly in the engine;
• Maintain and improve the
  animation production workflow
  and related tools;
• Create and maintain clear
  technical documentation
  for the animation team.

• Strong understanding of
  game engine animation workflows
  ;
• Solid knowledge of
  animation principles
  , anatomy, and body mechanics;
• Experience with
  Unreal Engine
  and
  Blueprints
  ;
• Experience with
  rigging
  , inverse kinematics, and state machines;
• Ability to create or adapt tools using
  scripting languages
  such as Python or MaxScript;
• Familiarity with
  digital content creation software
  for animation;
• Basic skills in
  modeling and animation
  to support technical tasks;
• Strong
  collaboration and communication
  skills across disciplines;
• Detail-oriented, proactive, and adaptable approach to problem solving.