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Character Technical Director

We are seeking a talented, motivated, and experienced Character Technical Director to help us bring Core to life with exciting stylized characters for our players bring with them into a vast range of games spanning many themes and genres.

This is a full-time onsite position in San Mateo, CA. *Due to COVID-19, all Manticore employees are currently working from home.

Responsibilities

• Creating and maintaining animation rigs, tools, and workflows
• Designing and setting up real-time character dynamics (cloth, hair, chains, etc)
• Developing facial rigs using joints and pose assets.
• Working with animation team to create artist-friendly rigs that satisfy animation and gameplay needs
• Working with art teams to develop models that meet technical requirements.
• Assisting the animation team in troubleshooting setup and animation problems as they arise
• Integrating artwork from internal and external sources to game systems including Blueprint Asset content, Data Assets, and Character Parts, for use in the game

Requirements

• Strong Maya rigging/setup skills
• Understanding of human and animal anatomy
• Python and MEL scripting proficiency
• A minimum of 3 years of production experience in game development
• Previous experience with UE4 or other AAA game engines
• Ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines such as art, design and engineering
• High level of comfort and familiarity with version control and asset management solutions (Perforce, git, etc)

Perks

• Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
• 401(k)
• Maternity & Parental Leave
• Flexible PTO
• Commuter Benefits
• Lunch Provided Daily
• Free Snacks & Beverages