Senior Technical Animator @ Applied Intuition

About Applied Intuition

Applied Intuition is a Tier 1 vehicle software supplier that accelerates the adoption of safe and intelligent machines worldwide. Founded in 2017, Applied Intuition delivers the AI-powered ADAS/AD toolchain, vehicle platform, and an autonomy stack to help customers shorten time to market, build high-quality systems, and create next-generation consumer experiences. 18 of the top 20 global automakers trust Applied Intuition’s solutions to drive the production of modern vehicles. Applied Intuition serves the automotive, trucking, construction, mining, agriculture, and defense industries and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA, with offices in Ann Arbor and Detroit, MI, Washington, D.C., Stuttgart, Munich, Stockholm, Seoul, and Tokyo. Learn more at appliedintuition.com.

Please note that we are an in-office company, which means the expectation is that you would come in to your Applied Intuition office 5 days a week.

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced 3D technical animator focused on Unreal to drive the realism, complexity, and diversity of the animations used to generate synthetic data in our simulation tools. These animations ensure that humans, vehicles, and other actors in the simulation closely represent the real world while also having the diversity required to avoid overfitting machine learning models trained on the synthetic data.

At Applied Intuition, you will be responsible for a lot of the technical development of animation systems within Unreal and the pipelines associated with it. You will create an animation system that supports adapting a large variety of animations at runtime, to encompass the realism, complexity, and diversity of the animations the real world. This position will join an existing team of talented engineers and artists with backgrounds in gaming, feature films, autonomous systems, and robotics. Learn more about creating simulations for autonomous vehicles here.

At Applied Intuition, you will:

Create systems to drive realistic animations of humans executing complex actions, including entering/exiting vehicles, using phones, and biking as well as support realistic animations of animals walking, running, and flying
Design a system that permutes animations to increase diversity while maintaining realism
Adapt animations to various constraints, changing stride lengths, interacting with objects etc.

We’re looking for someone who has:

Experience with game/realtime animation systems
Animation systems, as we cannot create unique animations for everything so breaking down the work into steps and phases is crucial
Experience as an expert user of at least one 3D DCC tool (e.g. Maya/Houdini)
Strong experience with Unreal Engine or equivalent

Nice to have:

Experience with a game that has people entering/exiting vehicles
Experience with building procedural animation systems
Experience with rigging
Experience with animation blending
Experience with Unreal Engine and Animation Blueprints

Compensation at Applied Intuition for eligible roles includes base salary, equity, and benefits. Base salary is a single component of the total compensation package, which may also include equity in the form of options and/or restricted stock units, comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage, 401k retirement benefits with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, and paid time off. Note that benefits are subject to change and may vary based on jurisdiction of employment.

Applied Intuition pay ranges reflect the minimum and maximum intended target base salary for new hire salaries for the position. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, interview performance, and the level and scope of the position.

Please reference the job posting’s subtitle for where this position will be located. For pay transparency purposes, the base salary range for this full-time position in the location listed is: $68,000 - $146,000 USD annually.

Don’t meet every single requirement? If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Applicants will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 upon commencing employment. Reasonable accommodations will be considered on a case-by-case basis for exemptions to this requirement in accordance with applicable federal and state law. Applicants should be aware that for external-facing roles that involve close contact with Company employees or other third parties on the Company’s premises, accommodations that involve remaining unvaccinated against COVID-19 may not be deemed reasonable. The Company will engage in the interactive process on an individualized basis taking into account the particular position.

Applied Intuition is an equal opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor. Consequently, the parties agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and that these laws are incorporated herein by reference. These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. These regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status or disability. The parties also agree that, as applicable, they will abide by the requirements of Executive Order 13496 (29 CFR Part 471, Appendix A to Subpart A), relating to the notice of employee rights under federal labor laws.

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