Requirements:

• 3+ years of professional game or similar programming experience
• Worked on or shipped at least one AAA game
• Fluent in C++, strong software engineering and debugging skills
• Strong math background
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a similar degree or comparable experience
• Good communication skills and ability to work in a team
• A passion for games and in particular for leveraging advanced animation technology to create an immersive game experience for the player
• Develop and extend existing animation technologies
• Develop and support the connections between the animation, AI and physics systems
  Work closely with designers & animators to create assets for player and AI-behavior
• Previous experience with game animations (i.e. sports titles or fighting games) is required

Preferences:

• Experience with IK/FK systems and facial animation
• Master’s degree or higher
• Xbox 360 or PS3 programming experience
• Experience with STL
• Experience with 3DS Max or similar DCCs
• Experience with motion capture systems
• Experience with multi-threading
• Experience working on asset pipelines and tools
• Passionate about making games

Responsibilities:

• Support and extend existing animation technologies
• Work with designers, animators and gameplay programmers
  to drive the integration of animations into the game
• Drive interactions between the animation and physics systems
  to implement dynamic character behaviors
• Contribute to the design and implementation of high-level animation systems
  to handle melee combat scenarios
• Improve existing pipelines and design new ones according to game needs