Hangar13
Senior Animation Engineer
Brighton, England, United Kingdom; Brno, South Moravian, Czechia; Prague, Czech Republic. Posted 5 months ago
The role
You will own and develop core animation systems, tools, and pipelines. You will work with animators, artists, designers, and engineers to deliver animation for games using Unreal Engine 5.
What you will do
- Work within Unreal Engine 5 to adapt existing animation systems and build new technology.
- Prototype and implement animation features and runtime systems.
- Build and maintain animation tools and pipelines.
- Work with animation, art, design, and engineering teams.
- Support planning efforts by estimating and dependency-checking animation feature development.
- Identify technical and developmental risks 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, and 3D maths.
- Strong familiarity with Object-Oriented design principles (OOP).
- Strong experience with Unreal Engine, Blueprints, and Unreal animation principles.
- Hands-on implementation experience in inverse kinematics techniques, ragdoll and physics-based character animation, procedural animation techniques, keyframe animation and forward kinematics.
- Dedication to code quality and documentation.
- Ability to learn and master new technologies and code.
- Ability to work independently and efficiently under deadlines.
- Effective communicator and collaborator across multi-disciplinary teams.
Nice to have
- Experience with machine-learning-driven animation techniques (e.g. motion matching, learned pose generation).
- Experience with Control Rig, IK Rig, and Motion Warping.
- Experience with new features like Mass locomotion, Mover and/or UAF/AnimNext .
- Strong familiarity with Data-Oriented design principles (DOP).
- Hands-on experience developing for Xbox Series X/S and PS5.
About the company
Hangar 13 is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities.