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Job Description

CD PROJEKT RED is looking for a Lead Technical Animator to join our studio in Boston and work on Project Orion, the follow-up to Cyberpunk 2077. You will bring your expertise, leadership skills, attention to detail, and passion for creating animation pipelines and systems for characters, vehicles, and weapons to our growing team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage a high-performing Technical Art team comprising Rigging TDs and Technical Animators.
• Leverage your skills in digital content creation tools and real-time engines to deliver high-quality workflows, pipelines, and animation solutions for characters, vehicles, and weapons.
• Manage your team, support their growth, and handle performance management, hiring, and promotions.
• Collaborate with Directors and Production to estimate and plan work.
• Work closely with designers, artists, and developers to understand their needs and ensure your team delivers on expectations.
• Coordinate cross-discipline teams from concept to completion.
• Establish and maintain best practices, providing guidance to support artistic and technical objectives.
• Mentor the technical art team, fostering an environment of creativity, trust, and excellence.
• Prototype, research, and extend rigging and animation systems.
• Develop and maintain pipelines for asset creation focusing on characters, weapons, and vehicles.
• Solve complex technical challenges, ensuring workflows are efficient and scalable.
• Participate in performance evaluation and optimization for seamless gameplay experiences.
• Foster collaboration across departments to ensure effective contribution of content and animation.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7+ years in the video game industry, including at least one shipped AAA title.
• Experience leading a technical art team.
• Expertise in Unreal Engine 5 Rigging and Animation Systems.
• Knowledge of animation pipelines, scripting tools for Maya, MotionBuilder, or similar applications.
• Proven experience building character, vehicle, and weapon workflows and pipelines.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Creative and strategic thinking to overcome technical challenges and innovate.
• Ownership mindset, goal-setting, knowledge sharing, and initiative driving.

Nice to Haves

(Note: Not required to apply)

• Strong C++, C#, or Python scripting and tool development experience.
• Experience in animation performance and memory optimization.

Additional Information

This role requires working in Boston, US, in a hybrid or full-time in-office setting.

• Company-paid medical, dental, vision, and mental health benefits.
• 20 days of paid holiday per year (26 days after two years).
• Casual dress code.
• 401K with employer matching.
• Training, workshops, and online courses available for continuous learning.
• Merchandise and welcome packs to help you settle in.

Life in the Office

• Dog-friendly environment — bring your pet to work!
• International and diverse work environment, collaborating with colleagues worldwide.

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