Technical Animator (Hard Surface & Rigging)

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We are looking for a highly technical and creative Technical Animator to join our animation team, with a focus on modular hard-surface rigging, particularly for transformable vehicles. This role will involve building scalable rigs, occasional hand-keyed animation of mechanical parts, and developing tools and workflows to streamline the animation pipeline for these systems.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement modular rigging systems for mechanical and transformable vehicle assets.
• Occasionally create simple, clean hand-keyed animation for moving mechanical pieces or cinematics.
• Implement animation-friendly controls and interfaces for animators.
• Collaborate with modeling, animation, and engineering to ensure asset and rig compatibility across the pipeline.
• Build and maintain tools/scripts (preferably in Python/MEL within Maya) to automate rigging, baking, export, and integration.
• Define and document best practices for hard-surface rigging workflows and maintain pipeline over time.
• Help debug and support rig/animation issues in-engine.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a Technical Animator or Rigging TD in games.
• Strong understanding of mechanical movement and constraints, ideally with transforming vehicles or robotics.
• Advanced knowledge of Maya rigging, including node-based setups and scripting.
• Experience building and maintaining modular rigs that scale to many assets.
• Solid understanding of animation principles and how they apply to hard-surface motion.
• Strong scripting skills (Python/MEL).
• Excellent communication skills, able to clearly explain technical solutions to both technical and non-technical teammates.
• Able to adapt to changing priorities, meet deadlines, and remain calm under pressure.

Bonus:

• Experience with Houdini for procedural asset rigging or animation setups.
• Hard-surface modelling skills.
• C++ skills for deeper engine integration.
• Interest in robotics, sci-fi vehicles, or mechanical design.

Why Join the World of Gameloft?

• Because you want to be part of an exceptional experience within a company that is constantly growing!
• Because you want to work with talented people who are industry pioneers!
• Because you want to be part of an international environment with daily contact with other countries & cultures!
• Or, just because you’re looking for a great place to work!

Benefits:

• Permanent contract, full-time job with excellent Social Benefits.
• 25 vacation days per year
• Private medical health insurance
• Flexible compensation with Ticket Restaurant Card
• Flexible work from home hybrid model 
• Free language courses
• Birthday day off!
• 1 month of remote work 
• Merit based salary progression system and a competitive initial salary package.
• Career-development opportunities.
• Excellent local working conditions (quality of offices, geographical location of office in the centre of Barcelona).
• ... and Thursday afterwork beers!

We can’t wait to find our next great talent!

Please note that only selected candidates will be contacted and your CV will be saved in our files for a period of 6 months.

Want to know more? Please visit our Website: www.gameloft.com

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