Technical Animator (Metahuman)

Program-Ace is an innovative IT company with over 30 years of experience in software development. We specialize in building custom digital solutions, including AR/VR applications, simulations, digital twins, and interactive training platforms. Our portfolio includes award-winning products and long-term partnerships with global leaders such as GAP, Deutsche Telekom, Deloitte, Qualcomm, Lenovo, Meta, BBC, and many others.

We are looking for a Technical Animator to join the MetaHuman Card Dealer project and work with Unreal Engine 5 and MetaHuman Creator. The main task is to assemble and animate a MetaHuman character in a scene as a blackjack dealer, including several basic animations.

Responsibilities

• Create high-quality facial animation for MetaHuman characters

• Animate hands, gestures, and finger poses

• Work with cinematic scenes inside UE5

• Polish and refine animations to achieve realistic results

• Work with Sequencer inside Unreal Engine

• Integrate facial capture / motion capture data (nice to have)

• Cleanup and polish mocap animation data (optional)

Required Skills

• Strong experience with Unreal Engine 5

• Hands-on experience with the MetaHuman pipeline

• Experience creating facial animation for MetaHuman characters

• Good understanding of Control Rig and Sequencer

• Experience with hand animation and finger posing

• Understanding of Live Link workflow

• Experience working with MetaHuman Animator / ARKit blendshapes

• Understanding of cinematic production pipelines

Nice to Have

• Live Link Face

• iPhone facial capture workflows

• Mocap cleanup and polishing

• Game development or virtual production projects

Why do we enjoy working here?

• The opportunity to work in a leading company. Recognized as a Global Top 100 Outsourcing company by IAOP (based on customer feedback about our services), and Top AR/VR company according to Clutch.

• Among our clients: Supermassive Games, Flying Wild Hog, Epic Games, Unity Technologies;

• Over 30 years of history, impeccable reputation, and a powerful portfolio;

• Work with like-minded people who are passionate about their work.