CG Rigger

Penrose Studios crafts ground-breaking immersive stories, and needs your help building a platform for this new artistic medium. Penrose is looking for riggers/character technical directors to artfully mold 3D models into movable and appealing characters in the new mediums of Virtual and Augmented Reality.

Responsibilities

• Design, create, test and maintain character rigs/setups.
• Work with the modelers to create a model that meets technical needs.
• Collaborate with animators to design motion controls.
• Develop and maintain character motion and deformation systems.
• Capable of writing pipeline tools to streamline the setup process.
• Develop new techniques and processes to solve character production challenges.
• Consistently meet production goals as assigned by Production Management.

Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years of rigging experience in Film, Television, or Video Game production
• A thorough understanding of anatomy, bio-mechanics, skinning and topology to produce appealing deformations
• Proficient with Maya and/or equivalent 3D program.
• Scripting skills in Maya API, MEL scripting, Python and/or equivalents
• Experience with setting up production pipelines while being able to follow guidelines
• Real time engine experience preferred (such as Unity, Unreal Engine 4)
• Additional experience with Animation, 3D modeling, and/or Texturing is a plus
• Experience with mo-cap animation pipelines is a plus
• Avid interest in the possibilities of Virtual Reality
• Self-motivated, excellent communicator, and a great team-player attitude
• Solid and consistent time-management skills.