Senior Character Rigger

About the Position

We are looking for a skilled Character Rigger to join our team and support the development of high-quality characters for our project. You will be responsible for creating production-ready rigs for stylized and realistic characters.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain production-ready rigs for animators (biped, quadruped, stylized, and realistic characters)
• Set up skin weighting and correct deformations using Driven Keys, Node Editor, and PoseWrangler
• Work extensively with Node Editor and write scripts to support rigging workflows
• Optimize rigs for animation performance and real-time engine requirements

Requirements

• Proficient in Autodesk Maya
• Experience in character rigging (biped, quadruped, stylized, and realistic characters)
• Strong understanding of anatomy, movement principles, and deformation systems
• Basic or solid knowledge of Python / MEL for rigging automation
• Understanding of animation pipelines and rig integration into Unreal Engine
• Experience with facial rigging
• Experience working with Unreal Engine and integrating rigs into the engine
• Knowledge of exporting and preparing rigs for games or rendering
• Portfolio / demo reel required
• Experience working with Driven Keys, Node Editor, and PoseWrangler to create muscle tension setups and secondary motion systems

Nice to Have

• Experience with Advanced Skeleton, HumanIK, mGear, and MotionBuilder
• Experience with motion capture workflows and retargeting
• Experience setting up and validating rigs directly inside Unreal Engine

We Offer

• Full-time remote position
• Opportunity to work on high-quality character rigs for a dynamic project

About the Company

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