Technical Animator

Skild AI • San Mateo, CA

49d

About The Position

We’re looking for a Technical Animator to help bring our robotic simulations to life. In this role, you'll work closely with the simulation, perception, and autonomy teams to develop high-fidelity motion systems and animations for human and robot avatars. Your work will directly support model training and evaluation, helping us generate realistic motion data to train large-scale neural networks

Nice To Haves

• 3+ years of industry experience in technical animation, game development, VFX, or simulation
• Competence in building accurate motion capture systems
• Strong foundation in rigging, character animation, and physics-based motion systems
• Familiarity with deep-learning based motion synthesis techniques
• Background working with humanoid or robotic characters in simulation

Responsibilities

• Build high-quality motion capture systems
• Collaborate with robotics teams to synthesize realistic robot motions
• Collaborate with ML teams to develop state-of-the-art techniques for motion generation
• Design and build pipelines for processing animation data

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees