We're Hiring! 3D Animator at Hidonix Inc.

Location: Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

Employment Type: Full Time

Start Date: ASAP

Salary: 70-75K Annually

Benefits: Full comprehensive health package

Technical Animator Job Description (Unity Focused)

The Technical Animator serves as a vital link between art and engineering, responsible for developing and maintaining the technical animation infrastructure that supports scalable, high-performance content creation.

This role focuses on real-time performance and high-quality rigging and animation systems for optimized mixed reality experiences using Apple Vision Pro (visionOS).

Required:

High-quality rigging and animation workflows for optimized mixed reality experiences (motion-capture animation with some minor keyframe editing or hand-keyframing)
Cleaning foot sliding, jitter, clipping, or loop animations cleanly; re-targeting animations as needed
Unity 5 or 6 knowledge, including proficiency in integrating character rigs and animations into engine
Proven ability to build and maintain custom rigs for realistic characters and props in Autodesk Maya (joints, bones, controls, deformers, and skinning), with strong knowledge of IK/FK systems, weight painting, and blend shapes

Preferred:

Knowledge of motion capture workflows
Familiarity with URP pipelines and version control systems such as Perforce
Additional Unreal Engine 5 experience
An understanding of clean character topology workflows for proper animation deformation (experience collaborating with 3D artists)

Nice to Have

Additional Unreal Engine 5 experience, including knowledge of Metahuman and Advanced Skeleton workflows
Knowledge of creating rigs utilizing photogrammetry scan pipelines (collaborating with 3D artists on the team who handle workflows using tools such as Wrap3D, Reality Scan, Maya, ZBrush, and Substance Painter / Designer)
Cloth simulation experience
Physics-based animations (ragdoll, soft-body, or physics blend systems)
Experience with VFX animation systems (Particle System, VFX Graph, Niagra)
Basic knowledge of lighting systems and light baking (URP, Lumen, Megalights)
Familiarity with procedural generation tools (PCG)
URP shaders; Substrate materials
Experience with AI tools that improve efficiency

Why Join Hidonix

Collaborative environment
Health, dental, and vision insurance.
Paid time off and company holidays.
Opportunities for growth as the company expands.
Supportive, positive work environment

Other requirements

Must be a US Citizen or valid green card holder
Must be commuting distance of Los Angeles, CA

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $75,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Dental insurance
Health insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance

Work Location: In person

3D Technical Animator

Similar positions

3D Animator

3D Designer

Animator