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General Information

Locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 
Role ID
214293
Worker Type
Regular Employee
Studio/Department
EA Studios - SPORTS
Work Model
Hybrid

Description & Requirements

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment – connecting hundreds of millions around the world to the sports they love through a portfolio of industry-leading video games.

EA SPORTS Tech provides specialized technology teams working on modern character articulation and motion, content pipelines and workflows, machine learning, game security, dev ops, as well as long lead feature and technology development for all EA SPORTS titles. As part of EA SPORTS Tech, the Initiatives Team pushes visual boundaries and experiences for our players. We invest in future technologies, shared tooling, and production workflows. We combine creativity and imagination with technical expertise. We are a diverse group that encourages team members to bring their unique perspectives and expertise to work every day.


About the Role:

Are you passionate about new technologies and continually pushing the boundaries of game development? Great, so are we! EA Sports Technical Art is seeking a Senior Rigging Technical Artist to partner with project leadership and our incredible team of Technical Artists to develop the next generation of content creation tools. The work you do will have a direct business impact to EA Sports and contribute to the foundation for future technology developments. 


Your Responsibilities:

As a Rigging Technical Artist you’ll help us to develop cutting-edge rigging-centric game features. In this role, you will be helping us pushing the boundaries of character deformation and solving some of the biggest unsolved avatar system challenges in real-time graphics with a senior team. Your responsibilities and tasks will include: character rigging, character deformation/simulation, helping to prototype workflows, asset maintenance, and driving script/tool development, as well as collaborating with our runtime engineers. TAs are expected to assume ownership of their content, and resolve technical or quality issues that arise.


Your Qualifications

  • At least 5+ years of cinematic/games production experience working in technical art/rigging/animation.
  • Knowledge of human anatomy and animation principles.
  • Knowledge designing complex skeletons, control rigs, secondary animation.
  • Experience with procedural rigging.
  • Effective at communicating with different audiences: artists, engineers, managers.
  • Highly organized and with a careful attention to detail.
  • Proficient scripting/programming in Python 
  • Experience with Autodesk Maya.
  • A willingness to jump into the unknown and help solve new problems to resolve technical challenges and limitations.
  • A Passion for Games!


Great To Have

  • Experience with game engines (commercial or proprietary).
  • Experience with Houdini and Vellum - Cloth/Muscle simulation. 
  • Experience with Git and code review.
  • Experience with / understanding of 3D mathematics.
  • Familiarity with motion capture (data + acquisition).
  • knowledge of Houdini VEX/Hscript a bonus.



Pay Transparency - North America

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS 

The ranges listed below are what EA in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in these locations at the time of this posting. If you reside in a different location, a recruiter will advise on the applicable range and benefits. Pay offered will be determined based on a number of relevant business and candidate factors (e.g. education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, or business needs). 

PAY RANGES
* British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) *$141,400 - $204,400 CAD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.
For Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, paid top-up to EI/QPIP benefits up to 100% of base salary when you welcome a new child (12 weeks for maternity, and 4 weeks for parental/adoption leave), extended health/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, retirement plan to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.


About Electronic Arts
We’re proud to have an extensive portfolio of games and experiences, locations around the world, and opportunities across EA. We value adaptability, resilience, creativity, and curiosity. From leadership that brings out your potential, to creating space for learning and experimenting, we empower you to do great work and pursue opportunities for growth.

We adopt a holistic approach to our benefits programs, emphasizing physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support a balanced life. Our packages are tailored to meet local needs and may include healthcare coverage, mental well-being support, retirement savings, paid time off, family leaves, complimentary games, and more. We nurture environments where our teams can always bring their best to what they do.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.
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