Job Description

In Microsoft Mixed Reality, people—not devices—are at the center of everything we do. Our tech moves beyond screens and pixels, creating a new reality aimed at bringing us closer together—whether that’s scientists “meeting” on the surface of a virtual Mars or some yet undreamt-of possibility. To get there, we’re incorporating groundbreaking technologies, from the revolutionary Holographic Processing Unit to computer vision, machine learning, human-computer interaction, and more.

We’re a growing team of talented engineers, program managers and artists putting technology on a human path across all Windows devices, including Microsoft HoloLens, the Internet of Things, phones, tablets, desktops, and Xbox. Our team has people from a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, previous work histories, life experiences, and we are eager to maintain and grow that diversity. Our varied backgrounds and unique experiences enable us to be better at building the best solutions for our customers and make for dynamic and joyful collaborations with colleagues!

You are drawn to working on the latest and most innovative products in the world. You seek projects that will transform how people interact with technology. You have a drive to grow your skillset by finding unique challenges that have yet to be solved. We are looking for a highly motivated Technical Artist to come join us in delivering the next wave of holographic experiences in an exciting new project.

Responsibilities

The Microsoft Mixed Reality Central Art Team is looking for a Technical Artist with experience in rigging expressive characters. Stylized faces with a wide range of emotion and body rigs that hit tough poses easily would be great to see on your reel. We’re looking for someone with experience with skin weighting and creative rigging solutions who is responsive to the needs of the animation team. Some Python scripting experience would be ideal.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 3 years of professional experience using Maya
• 3 years of professional experience workng with Unity Game Engine
• 2 years of professional experience with skin weighting
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Motion capture experience
• Scripting experience would be great, but not necessary
• Exoerience with Augmented, virtual, and mixed reality would be great, but not necessary
  

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:  Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud Background Check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter. 

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