Technical Animator

Company Description

Ubisoft’s 20,000 team members, working across more than 30 countries around the world, are bound by a common mission to enrich players’ lives with original and memorable gaming experiences. Their commitment and talent have brought to life many acclaimed franchises such as Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Just Dance, Rainbow Six, and many more to come. Ubisoft is an equal opportunity employer that believes diverse backgrounds and perspectives are key to creating worlds where both players and teams can thrive and express themselves. If you are excited about solving game-changing challenges, cutting edge technologies and pushing the boundaries of entertainment, we invite you to join our journey and help us create the unknown.

**Ubisoft Bordeaux**

Founded in September 2017, Ubisoft Bordeaux works with passion on the biggest AAAA’s game in order to offer the best gaming experiences to our players. Today, the studio has more than 400 talents, from 15 different nationalities, who work on licenses such as Assassin's Creed, Beyond Good & Evil 2, plus other unannounced free-to-play games. We are also working on exciting technologies with the Anvil team, Online services teams and with La Forge who seek to validate the value of technological innovations.

**Job Description**:
We are looking for a Technical Animator, to join the Animation team working on Assassin's Creed Mirage.

**Your responsibilities**:

- Work closely with the animation team to define, create, and maintain animation pipelines
- Integrate, create, and update state machines and blend trees (blueprints)
- Provide technical support for the tools, engine and animation teams
- Interact and collaborate with different teams (Art, Design, Code) to fulfill tasks according to production schedule and development needs
- Be proactive in identifying issues and creating efficient solutions
- Write documentation about technical working processes plus any other knowledge-sharing required
- Interact with the other departments to improve the animation systems in order to get the best possible animations while respecting the technical constraints

**Qualifications**:

- You have a technical profile with a strong interest for the creative aspect of animation
- Great experience in State Machines/Blueprints or other similar Animation systems (Unreal, Unity or propriety).
- Excellent technical knowledge of the main 3D software - MotionBuilder is a plus
- Ability to write technical documentation
- Excellent capacity to communicate verbally as well as written (both French and English)
- Be adaptable, approachable, and positive in the workplace
- Familiarity with geometric and numerical algorithms
- Excellent knowledge of Python and C# (be able to read and understand source code)
- A passion for Videogame development

**Bonus**:

- Knowledge of C++
- Create custom tools and scripts to increase the productivity and efficiency for the animation team.

Additional Information
**Process**:

- Phone Interview with a recruiter
- Interview with our internal teams
- Final interview with the project manager
- At Ubisoft, you can come as you are. We embrace diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences, we _value diversity at our company and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status. All personal informations will be treated as confidential according to the Employment Equity act._