Responsibilities:

• Create versatile character rigs and animation interfaces to suit the requirements of the production
• Sculpt blendshapes and create character facial rigs
• Create rigs for props and locations
• Test the rigs before handing over to animation team
• Troubleshoot and improve the rigs in response to feedback from other departments
• Animation control and deformation setup for characters with highly complicated anatomy
• Setup for cloth, hair and fur animation
• Developing tools and pipeline to improve the productivity of animation and deformations

Requirements:

• At least 3 years of extensive experience in character setup for animation or film industry
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Animation, Computer Science or other relevant areas of study, OR demonstrable skill set in rigging and tool development
• Experience in developing tools using Maya API and/or MEL to improve the productivity of the process of character animation
• Experience in setting up cloth/hair/dynamic simulation rigs is a bonus
• Proficiency in MEL and/or Python and/or Maya API and/or C++
• Able to communicate in a professional and friendly manner with co-workers
• Must be able to multi task and handle multiple projects at the same time
• Good understanding of polygonal mesh flow and how it relates to deformation
• Good sculpting/modeling skills with the ability to translate 2D concept expression sheets into 3D blendshape targets
• Good aesthetic sense to sculpt appealing blendshape targets when concept expression sheets are not provided
• Appreciation for physics and kinematics
• An eye for detail and the ability to troubleshoot and solve rig issues for artists from various disciplines