Senior Technical Animator

Job Description

FitXR is a fitness technology company working at the cutting edge of VR and MR. We’re a funded scale-up on a mission to impact more lives than any other fitness company, and build a healthier world for everyone.

We started life in 2016 in a garden shed in the UK. Today, we’re building FitXR, one of the top-downloaded apps on the Meta Quest store. We’ve raised close to $40m from top investors such as Maveron, Hiro, BoostVC and TriplePoint.

We’re a remote-first team of just under 100 people from across the US, UK, and Spain, and we’re committed to making it simpler and more enjoyable for people to get moving. We believe that anybody can fall in love with fitness and make movement part of their life.

We’re guided by our Principles of Play: eight core beliefs about how we treat each other and our community. We make space for every voice, believe in the importance of a learner’s mindset, and prioritise team success over individual glory.

The FitXR app contains a growing range of fitness studios, where members can choose from box workouts with world-class trainers like Olympian Nicola Adams, powerful HIIT workouts, and immersive dance classes. While nothing compares to trying it yourself, you can watch a trailer here.

FitXR is available on Meta Quest 2 and has been downloaded by over a million people worldwide. Featured in Forbes, Empire, T3, Washington Post, Men's Health, GQ and more. In 2022, FitXR ranked 6th in The Information’s 50 Most Promising Startups.

The Role

As a Senior Technical Animator you will be responsible for creating a best in class animation pipeline using motion capture from the content team and helping us continue building world-class VR Fitness games.

What you’ll do 👀

• Help establish and maintain animation tools

• Create pipelines for next generation VR Trainer avatars

• Character rigging/skinning including hands and facial set-ups and lip sync

• Contribute towards building new workflows and techniques

• Perform within production schedules whilst maintaining high-quality work

• Develop along with the Technical Art director a class leading character pipeline and toolset.

What you’ll have ✅

• Able to demonstrate a solid understanding of animation fundamentals, human anatomy and kinesiology

• Experience developing character pipelines for console or PC games having published at least one title

• Expert knowledge of animation and the processes involved in creating animations

• Knowledge of the character creation process from initial concept to final rigging.

• Excellent understanding of Unity

• Knowledge of Maya, motion builder

• Strong problem-solving skills and troubleshooting

• Good communication and attitude towards feedback and collaboration

• Experience working with motion capture data from 3rd party providers

• Xsens MVN Animate / Vicon experience or other motion capture softwares

• Experience creating tools with python/mel/c#

• Ability to work autonomously in a timely manner

• A keen fascination with industry-wide advancement in technology

• Previous AR/VR experience is a plus

Our mission is to make fitness fun and accessible for everyone. To build inclusive products, we need to build an inclusive team. Please know that this list is indicative and that we would still love to hear from you even if you feel you only are a 75% match. Skills can be learnt, diversity cannot. We promote a diverse and inclusive culture at FitXR.

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Benefits

🌎 Fully remote: your life, your way of working

🏝 Unlimited annual leave

💰 Competitive salary with half year and end of year reviews

📈 Stock options

🌱 £800 per annum learning budget

🧘 £600 per annum wellbeing budget

🏡 £400 work from home budget

🤗 Annual company retreat & regular get togethers

💻 Quest 2 VR headset

⛑ Private Health Insurance (optional)

🚴‍♂️ Annual travel pass & cycle to work scheme

👶 12 weeks full paid family leave