Animation Software Engineer

Location

Woking, Surrey | United Kingdom

Job description

mustardFX are working with an established game studio with a growing team of highly experienced Developers, focusing on creating exceptional and innovative games.

Job Title - Animation Software Engineer
Salary - Circa £35k - £45k (Depending on experience)
Location - Woking (Hybrid)
Relocation/Sponsorship - Offered
Reporting to - Lead Engineer

As a Animation Software Engineer, you will be required to help build, upgrade and expand a cutting-edge robust animation system and existing animation systems to deliver high quality locomotion, character interactive and sequences to a AAA quality on one of the studios new projects.

Responsibilities:

• Build, manage and maintain animation systems such as motion matching, data-driven state machines, etc.
• Help to identify and develop new cutting-edge animation features and any additional work required in order to support the project’s delivery.
• Build, maintain & support the animation system to ensure it is fully featured and based on the requirements of the project with animation features such as skeletal control systems, animation blending, IK, rigs, physics, etc.

Experience/Skills:

• 3+ years experience in C++ software development in video games.
• At least one major shipped title
• Solid experience with popular modern engines such as: Unreal Engine, Unity, IdTech, Decima
• Experience with Animation Blueprints within Unreal Engine 5

Bonus Experience/Skills:

• Experience developing animation systems and features

Key Studio Benefits:

• Project completion bonus & Christmas bonus
• BUPA Private Medical and Dental insurance (plus partner & children)

To discuss this opportunity in more detail, please reach out to Tom Winter |✉ - [email protected] | - 0117 284 0422 | | Tom leads mustard's Gaming recruitment team, working closely with some of the best and innovative AAA studios in the UK, Europe and US.

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Salary

£35k - £45k per annum