Animator

We’re looking for an experienced real-time Animator to help bring interactive gameplay moments to life on wearable devices. You’ll craft responsive, high-quality character and rigid-body animations that feel great moment-to-moment—supporting an emerging product space where animation directly shapes clarity, delight, and immersion.

• Create real-time gameplay animation for characters, props, and interactable objects (loops, idles, transitions, reactions, context actions).
• Build animation sets that support state-driven systems (e.g., locomotion, interaction, hit reacts) with strong readability and snappy responsiveness.
• Collaborate with engineers, technical artists, designers, and PM to implement, iterate, and polish animation in-engine.
• Support integration workflows by delivering clean exports, naming conventions, and versioned content aligned to the game pipeline.
• Troubleshoot and resolve animation/rig issues: skinning quirks, deformation problems, export/import mismatches, rig instability, and playback/retargeting issues.
•Contribute to animation direction and quality: propose improvements to motion style, timing, and interactive feedback.

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• 5+ years of professional experience animating for games, film, or real-time environments
• Demonstrated strength in gameplay-driven animation: loops, transitions, responsiveness, animation sets
• Experience animating characters and rigid assets (props, vehicles, scene objects)
• Experience working with real-time pipelines (Unity, Unreal, and/or proprietary engines) and iterating based on in-engine feedback
• Solid rig literacy (constraints, controls, basic rigging concepts) and practical experience with weight painting
• Proficiency in Maya
• Ability to troubleshoot animation/rig issues in a production pipeline and communicate clearly with TA/engineering

Portfolio requirements - Up to date animation reel/portfolio demonstrating:
• Real-time/game animation experience
• Examples of loops, transitions, gameplay sets, and at least one clip showing in engine animation
• If applicable: rigging/weighting examples or breakdowns

• Advanced rigging/skin weighting experience for characters or rigid assets
• Deep understanding of anatomy/joint placement
• Motion capture experience and cleanup (MotionBuilder and/or Unity/Unreal workflows)
• Shipped titles or live content support with ongoing iteration and updates
• Experience collaborating closely with technical artists and engineers on pipeline/tooling improvements

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.