Job Description
Title: Animation Engineer
Location: Novato, California, United States
JobDescription:
Cloud Chamber is looking for a creative and proactive Animation Engineer to join our team. In this role you will work on the development of our key animation systems. The systems include: motion matching locomotion system, IK solvers, miscellaneous sub-systems and tools for animation playback. You will collaborate with Design and Animation to improve, invent, and maintain these systems. During this process you will have constant opportunities to help elevate, problem solve, and steer these ideas as they develop.
Job Details:
- Help optimize, and improve our motion matching locomotion system.
- Work closely and constructively with design and animation teams to realize creative ambitions
- Coordinate the implementation of new animation systems and features.
- Work within Unreal Engine 5 adapting existing systems and building new technology in order to fulfill the projects technical needs and creative goals.
- Research coding techniques and algorithms in order to keep current on technological developments and advancements in the game industry.
- Identify technical and developmental risks/obstacles and generate solutions to overcome identified risks.
Skills, Experience and Qualifications:
A passion for collaboration, and problem solving utilizing game AI will help you succeed in this role. Deliver high quality and fun-to-play systems by combining your strong math skills with design sensibilities. At Cloud Chamber we strive to delegate creative ownership of tasks and features to small, interdisciplinary pods. We are looking for someone that can get inspired by the vision and help to deliver exciting new features and systems.
- Expertise with the C/C++ programming language along with a strong familiarity with Object-Oriented (OO) design principles.
- 3+ years of programming experience on commercial software projects.
- Commitment to code quality, documentation, and sound testing procedures.
- Ability to learn and master new technologies and code.
- Ability to work independently and efficiently under deadlines.
- Must have strong 3D Math skills.