Staff Gameplay Engineer - Character Animation

Staff Gameplay Engineer - Character Animation

Gym Class - by IRL Studios, United States

Date Posted: 31 Oct, 2022

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States

Salary Offered: $180000 — $200000 yearly

Job Type: Full Time

Experience Required: 6+ years

Remote Work: Yes

Vacancies: 1 available

Responsibilities

• Create animations in Maya for Unity.
• Create advanced character animations graphs in Unity using state machines and blend trees.
• Troubleshoot and resolve Unity animation problems.
• Create both realistic and expressive character animations.
• Collaborate with teammates to achieve the desired aesthetic of the game, following references, concepts, and art direction.
• Validate your work on device (Oculus VR Headset in the Unity editor).
• Optimization.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years experience creating animations and state machines for game characters in Unity.
• Strong portfolio showing abilities in creating high quality animations and systems for 3D character movement and interactions.
• Strong knowledge of Maya and Unity.
• Experience with 3D rigging and IK and FK systems.
• Experience with BlendShape animations.
• Experience animating UI and props.
• Strong knowledge of performance trade-offs and optimization for mobile VR (GPU and CPU impacts).
• Proficient with C# scripting language.
• Ability to repurpose, modify, and improve existing animation.
• Strong organization and problem solving skills.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Fluent in English.

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience animating for virtual reality.
• Experience with source control (Plastic, GIT, Perforce).
• Experience with mocap recording and cleanup.
• Knowledge of Unity FX.
• Knowledge of vertex animations and shaders.

About Gym Class - by IRL Studios

Play basketball in virtual reality.

Company Size: 6 - 10 People

Year Founded: 2021

Country: United States

Company Status: Actively Hiring