Senior Technical Artist

3 months ago


Oakville, Canada Rockstar Full time
p>At Rockstar Games, we create world-class entertainment experiences.

A career at Rockstar Games is about being part of a team working on some of the most creatively rewarding and ambitious projects to be found in any entertainment medium. p>

Rockstar is looking for an experienced and passionate Technical Artist to help develop and support our titles. This is a full-time, in-office position based out of Rockstar’s unique game development studio in Oakville, ON.

WHAT WE DO
  • We design, create, and maintain highly complex deformation systems for characters, animals, and vehicles that bring our 3D assets to life.
  • We support rigging pipelines, including investigations for improvement of facial rig and animation solving solutions.
  • We work with Technical Artists to maintain and improve our proprietary animation tools.
  • We bring innovation to dynamic art pipelines through rigs, secondary motion setups, and evolving our tools and workflows – from asset creation to its visualization in the engine.
  • We collaborate and communicate with other departments such as Tools and Code teams to improve our authoring workflows and animation/graphics systems in runtime.
RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Build, test, and maintain body and face rigs, skinning, and secondary motion setups for a variety of 3D assets.
  • Use proprietary system to create and export constraints, custom deformers, and secondary motion to the game engine.
  • Work closely with animators, automation, and other TAs to create tools and improve pipelines that ensure the best results from our production workflows and processes.
  • Support facial pipeline and be heavily involved in face assets from motion capture.
  • Work with the team organizing, documenting, and maintaining libraries of rig modules that can be shared by a large team of riggers through multiple projects.
  • Support and help create production tools to support new pipelines and future tech.
  • Stay current with the latest technologies/research ongoing in the field to help keep our dynamic art visuals at the cutting-edge regarding motion and deformation.
QUALIFICATIONS
  • Relevant experience in the game industry as a Character Rigger, Technical Animator, or similar/related position.
  • A demo reel and online portfolio that demonstrates exceptional skills creating motion controls for animation, complex deformation, and skinning of body and face of characters and creatures.
SKILLS
  • Strong Python programming skills, and a 3D math background.
  • Experience creating tools for Rigging and Animation.
  • Experience using source control software (i.e. li>
PLUSES

Please note that these are desirable skills and are not required to apply for the position.

  • Professional experience developing pipelines and creating tools is highly advantageous.
  • Experience programming C++ plugins for Motionbuilder, Maya, 3DS Max, or similar DCCs.
  • Experience using other game engines (e.g. li>
  • Experience using a solver-based face animation package (Dynamixyz or Faceware).
  • Professional experience as an Artist or Animator in games.


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