Technical Animation Artist (Maya / Unreal / MetaHuman)

We’re looking for a Technical Animation Artist to support the development of a UE5 title. You’ll help build, maintain and improve our animation pipeline – especially for custom MetaHuman characters, mocap integration, and facial animation workflows.

The entire pipeline is well documented – from retargeting and exporting to A2F and picker setup – but we’re looking for someone who can take ownership, understand and evolve the system independently , and troubleshoot where needed.

Your Responsibilities

• Setup and maintain custom rigs and MetaHuman characters in Maya
• Handle the full retargeting workflow , including Move.ai mocap data
• Setup and refine Audio-to-Face (A2F) based facial animation for MetaHumans (joint-based + JSON)
• Export character and weapon animations from Maya to Unreal (including facial + body + bookmark-based splitting)
• Support mesh swapping , skin weight transfers , and rig updates when characters or outfits change
• Maintain clean and export-ready Maya scenes (naming conventions, bookmarks, versioning)
• Assist the animation team with picker tools , control GUIs , IK / FK switching , and pose libraries
• Work with cloth simulations and export Alembic caches for dynamic clothing (e.g., coats)
• Collaborate with the Unreal-side team to ensure correct implementation

Requirements

Bonus Skills

About the Project

We’re Elysium Game Studio , developing Neo Berlin 2087 , a narrative-driven single-player action adventure set in a dystopian future. Built in Unreal Engine 5 , the game combines cinematic storytelling, action, and stealth gameplay. You’ll contribute to raising animation quality and technical stability to a new level by ensuring smooth, scalable pipelines and clean implementation.