Cookies — it's your choice

At Bright Network we use cookies and similar technologies to help deliver you the best possible experience. Some are necessary to help our website work properly and can't be switched off, and some are optional but support Bright Network in building and running the service that we provide to you.

Data we store

You can find out more in our privacy policy at any time by going to the link in our footer.

  1. Home
  2. Internships
  3. Marketing, Media & PR
  4. Technical Animation Internship 2021
Lock Applications for this job are now closed
Closing soon

As a Technical Animation intern, you will learn about and help to maintain our in-game animation systems. You’ll implement animations via state machines and set up procedural systems such as FBIK and run time retargeting on a wide range of Rare’s uniquely styled characters. Working with the Engineering and Animation teams, you’ll help to bring our characters to life.

We are looking for an individual with a passion for both the creative and technical aspects of animation. The successful candidate should possess prior scripting experience and knowledge of animations state machines, and knowledge of UE4 is a bonus. This role is ideal for a problem solver with a creative technical mindset.

Responsibilities

Key Accountabilities

  • Implement animation within UE4 (e.g., via State Machines and Blueprint).
  • Create runtime procedural animation systems to reduce animation workload and improve believability/readability of characters in-game.
  • Work with Animation, Engineering and Design to enhance the overall look and feel of character movement in-game.
  • Carry out performance testing and optimisation.
  • Implement and maintain in-game technical animation solutions that are reliable, user-friendly and performant.

Qualifications

Required

  • Experience creating animation state machines.
  • Good knowledge of animation and the processes involved in creating animations.
  • Moderate knowledge of one or more scripting languages such as Python/C++/C#. Blueprint experience is desirable
  • Hands on experience with Unreal Engine, though experience with other engines such as Unity is acceptable.
  • Knowledge of procedural runtime animation solutions such as IK/FBIK/retargeting/ragdoll would be a bonus.
  • Knowledge of animation software such as Maya, MotionBuilder or 3ds Max.

Desirable

  • A passion for both animation and animation technology.
  • Able to take initiative to fix problems and find alternative solutions.
  • Able to learn quickly and adapt to new technologies and pipelines.
  • Able to work as part of a team.