Unreal Engine Engineer

TargetCW-posted about 1 year ago

Full-time • Mid Level

Santa Clara, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

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The Unreal Engine Engineer (Skeletal Animation) will play a crucial role in enhancing the Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE) by developing and extending its Unreal Plugin to support skeletal animations. This position involves collaboration with a team of engineers, developers, and artists to innovate in the field of digital human animation, focusing on real-time character movements driven by data.

Extend the existing ACE Unreal Plugin to support skeletal animations for characters driven by data from real-time animation services.
Develop new features in Unreal Engine, including creating Anim Graph nodes to handle skeletal animations and implementing IK retargeting.
Work with the ACE team to maintain and enhance plugin components, focusing on real-time synchronization of audio and animations.
Design and implement data handling structures to support full-body character animations using the NVIDIA Digital Human reference rig as a baseline.
Develop sample assets and documentation to enable customers to integrate skeletal animations into their projects easily.

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Game Development, Animation, or a related field with 3+ years of experience.
Strong experience with Unreal Engine, particularly in character animation, skeletal systems, and the use of Anim Graph editor.
Proven skills in C++ development for Unreal Engine, including plugin creation and multi-threading for high-performance applications.
Familiarity with rig and retargeter workflows within Unreal, and the ability to adapt reference animations to different character skeletons.
Background in real-time character animation, including knowledge of local and component space transformations, blend shapes, and facial animation.
Experience working with source control systems like Git and GitLab.
Ability to write clear user documentation, preferably in reST/Sphinx format.

A passion for digital human technology and character animation, with an eye for detail in animation quality.
Skills in real-time animation tools, audio synchronization, and cloud-based systems for scalable character animation.
Proven ability to work in interdisciplinary teams, collaborating with artists, animators, and developers to achieve shared goals.
Strong understanding of rigging, bone transforms, and applying IK solutions dynamically in Unreal Engine.

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