Senior Gameplay and Animation Engineer

The role

You will own and continue the development of key gameplay and animation systems. You will extend and maintain the code of technology, tools, and pipelines while working with animators, character artists, designers, and programmers.

What you will do

• Work within Unreal Engine 5 adapting existing systems and building new technology
• Prototyping and coding gameplay and animation features
• Work closely and constructively with design, animation, and engineering teams
• Support planning efforts by estimating and dependency checking gameplay feature development
• Identify technical and developmental risks/obstacles and generate solutions
• Research coding techniques and algorithms

Required qualifications

• Demonstrable programming experience in a creative environment
• Shipped one or more AAA game titles
• Advanced proficiency in C++
• Linear algebra
• 3D Maths
• Strong familiarity with Object-Oriented (OO) design principles
• Experience with GAS - the Unreal Gameplay Ability System
• Unreal Engine
• Blueprints
• Unreal Animation Principles
• Dedication to code quality and documentation
• Ability to work independently and efficiently under deadlines

Nice to have

• Ideally using Unreal Engine
• Hands-on experience developing for Unreal Engine and Xbox Series X/S and PS5
• Experience with player controlled characters, Unreal enhanced inputs, cameras and camera systems
• Implementation experience in Inverse Kinematics techniques
• Implementation experience in Ragdoll and physics-based character animation
• Implementation experience in Procedural animation techniques
• Implementation experience in Keyframe animation and forward kinematics
• Implementation experience in Machine learning driven animation techniques

About the company

Hangar 13 is home to the award winning Mafia franchise. The team is united by passion for rich narrative storytelling, cinematic presentation and AAA craft.