Senior Technical Animator – Contract

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🇵🇱 Poland – Remote

💵 zł23.7k - zł40.7k / month

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🗿 3D Artist

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CD PROJEKT SA

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2002

📣 Marketing

✈️ Travel

💼 Consulting

Marketing • Travel • Consulting

CD PROJEKT SA is a Polish video game developer and publisher best known for its groundbreaking RPG titles, including popular franchises such as The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077. The company is recognized for its commitment to creating deeply immersive and engaging gaming experiences, characterized by non-linear stories and detailed worlds. CD PROJEKT SA not only develops video games but also operates the digital distribution platform GOG. com, which offers a wide range of titles DRM-free. The company's mission focuses on delivering high-quality entertainment and maintaining a strong connection with their player base worldwide.

📋 Description

• Implement, refactor, and stabilize character animation systems in Unreal Engine 5's Unreal Animation Framework (UAF/AnimNext) • Develop core animation architecture, locomotion state machines, animation overlays, and physics-driven animation • Take ownership of existing and partially implemented systems and improve their reliability, performance, and reusability • Develop and maintain animation features for NPCs, humanoid enemies, and monsters, including hit reactions, procedural look-at, inverse kinematics, and ragdoll physics • Investigate and resolve animation bugs, crashes, visual artifacts, and performance issues • Support Animators and Designers with animation implementation, content setup, debugging, and tuning • Collaborate with Animation Programmers, Technical Animators, Designers, Animators, and other disciplines to integrate systems into gameplay and meet production requirements • Document animation systems and workflows and share knowledge with team members • Work on The Witcher 4

🎯 Requirements

• At least 5+ years experience in Technical Animation, preferably on AAA or similarly large-scale/complex game projects • Extensive hands-on experience with Unreal Engine 5 animation systems, including Animation Blueprints, state machines, Control Rig, and procedural animation • Thorough understanding of character animation, including locomotion, animation layering, inverse kinematics, and physics-driven animation • Excellent debugging and problem-solving skills, including investigating complex runtime issues, animation artifacts, and performance bottlenecks • Ability to quickly understand and take ownership of unfamiliar technical systems • Solid understanding of animation principles, body mechanics, and technical requirements of in-game character animation • Good working knowledge of Blueprints and ability to read and navigate C++ code • Strong communication skills and ability to explain complex technical topics through discussion and documentation • Hands-on experience with Unreal Engine's AnimNext / Unreal Animation Framework (UAF), particularly modular animation graphs and UAF nodes is nice to have • Experience implementing animation systems for humanoid enemies, creatures, or monsters is nice to have • Experience with StateTrees, Physics Assets, Physics Control, and Motion Matching is nice to have • Experience migrating or refactoring existing animation systems to new frameworks is nice to have • Experience working effectively in agile, cross-disciplinary game development teams is nice to have

🏖️ Benefits

• Private medical healthcare with dental care and unlimited rehabilitation, accessible for partners and relatives • Comprehensive pension and insurance plans • Annual cancer-prevention screenings • Free psychological and psychiatrist care and well-being initiatives • Sports card with access to sporting and fitness facilities • Menstrual leave • RED Parents Network, including childcare benefits and family-friendly events • RED Summer Camp for Kids, majoritively paid by the company • Welcome pack • Trainings, lectures, courses, workshops, online tutorials, and e-learning classes • Cafeteria platform with subscription benefits, additional medical packages, vouchers, shop and cinema codes, and public transport reimbursement • Gifts for newborn rebels and regular swag opportunities • Dog-friendly office • Social events • Healthy selections and canteens • International working environment • Electric car charging points and green zones • Designated bicycle space, bicycle repair equipment, and showers • Onsite gym with climbing wall, Gym Assistant support, yoga, and boxing classes • No dress-code • Long term incentive program with option to purchase CDPR stock after the vesting period