Technical Artist – Rigging and Animation – EA SPORTS F1

Overview

In this Technical Artist role at Electronic Arts, you’ll bridge artists, animators and engineers to advance character pipelines and rigging systems. You’ll help shape high-fidelity characters, facial rigs, and skeletal deformations for EA SPORTS titles. The role combines tool development, pipeline improvements, and collaboration with central technology teams. You’ll work in a hybrid setup and contribute to cutting-edge, expressive character work that supports the studio’s mission to deliver standout experiences.

Pay / Benefits

• healthcare coverage
• mental well-being support
• retirement savings
• paid time off
• family leaves
• complimentary games

Responsibilities

• Develop artist-facing rigging and animation tools using Python with Maya, 3ds Max, and Motion Builder
• Improve facial animation pipelines to enhance anatomical and expressive deformation for EA SPORTS F1 characters
• Extend central EA SPORTS procedural rigging systems to build complex, high-fidelity rigs in collaboration with central technology and game-team artists
• Establish technical standards, resolve skeletal mesh issues, and improve character asset performance within project budgets

Key requirements

• 3+ years of experience as a Technical Artist or Technical Animator in game development with at least one shipped AAA title
• Experience in Python and digital content creation applications such as 3ds Max or Maya
• Experience developing artist-facing interfaces using Qt, PySide, or similar frameworks
• Experience with character kinematics, anatomy, skeletal structures, and deformation

• adaptability
• creativity
• curiosity
• Python scripting
• Autodesk Maya
• 3ds Max

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