Rigging Artist (Maya + Python)

About the Position

Lakshya Digital, a Keywords Studio, is looking for experienced Rigging Artists specializing in Maya and Python to join our team and work on AAA game titles. Based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, this role offers the opportunity to work on some of the best-known game titles in the world.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain production-ready rigs for characters, creatures, props, and mechanical assets.
• Develop and maintain custom rigging and animation tools using Python (MEL is a plus) to improve artist workflows and pipeline efficiency.
• Create custom biped, quadruped, facial, and mechanical rigs with clean, scalable architectures.
• Perform manual rigging, skinning, deformation setup, and animation control creation for game-ready assets.
• Integrate and validate rigs within Unreal Engine, ensuring compatibility with gameplay and animation systems.
• Collaborate closely with Animators, Technical Artists, Character Artists, and Engineers to resolve rigging and pipeline challenges.
• Optimize rig performance while maintaining deformation quality for real-time applications.
• Troubleshoot technical issues related to rigging, skinning, and animation pipelines.
• Estimate tasks accurately, provide regular progress updates, and deliver work within project timelines.
• Follow established production pipelines, best practices, naming conventions, and quality standards.
• Review task specifications thoroughly, identify ambiguities, and proactively communicate risks or dependencies to Leads before implementation.
• Collect appropriate references and define the technical approach before starting assigned tasks.
• Deliver high-quality assets with minimal revisions while adhering to QC standards.

Requirements

• Required Skills & Qualifications

  • Graduate with 3+ years of professional experience in character rigging and technical animation.
  • Strong expertise in manual rigging, skinning, deformation, and animation control setup.
  • Hands-on experience developing production tools and workflow automation using Python.
  • Strong proficiency in Autodesk Maya.
  • Experience working with Unreal Engine animation systems and asset integration.
  • Good knowledge of 3ds Max.
  • Strong understanding of game art production pipelines and real-time asset workflows.
  • Experience creating custom rigs for bipeds, quadrupeds, facial setups, creatures, and mechanical assets.
  • Good understanding of anatomy, deformation, weight painting, and character movement.
  • Working knowledge of MEL scripting is an added advantage.
  • Strong debugging, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within cross-functional teams.
  • Excellent communication, organizational, and time management skills.

• Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience building rigging frameworks or pipeline tools for animation teams.
  • Knowledge of Unreal Control Rig, Animation Blueprints, or procedural animation workflows.
  • Experience with DCC pipeline integration and asset automation.
  • Exposure to modeling, animation, texturing, or technical art workflows.
  • Passion for video games with a strong understanding of game development pipelines.

We Offer

• Competitive salaries and annual performance-based bonuses.
• Generous paid time off. You get 26 Annual leaves and additional paid time off at the year-end (from 25th December to 1st January).
• Term Insurance and Personal accidental insurance.
• Free Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental and emotional wellbeing.
• Special Education Assistance Scheme to further develop your career.
• And a lot more!

About the Company

Lakshya, a Keywords Studios company, in India is headquartered in Gurgaon and has a team of over 700 employees spread across studio facilities in Gurgaon, Pune, and Seattle, and sales offices in San Diego and Tokyo. Setup in 2004, Lakshya has, over the last 20 years, created a reputation in the game development industry for being a highly talented and dependable game art studio. During this time, Lakshya has created art for over a hundred game titles, including hugely successful global hits such as Bloodborne, Dark Souls II, Just Cause 3, WWE 2K16, Uncharted 2, Farmville, and Cityville. Lakshya’s senior team, which comprises top-notch International and Indian talent, has a huge amount of experience creating art for different game platforms and genres. Lakshya blends artistic creativity with strong process orientation in order to deliver best-in-class services. Lakshya works closely with NASSCOM to help in the growth of the game development ecosystem in India.

For more info, please refer to Lakshya Digital.