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Senior Technical Artist - Characters (Unreal)
@ Ubisoft
Montréal, Quebec
Overview
Ubisoft is hiring a Senior Technical Artist for Characters (Unreal) at its Montréal studio to define and run the end-to-end character pipeline. The role covers creation-to-engine integration, rigging and skinning support, asset optimization, and character tools. Candidates need hands-on character pipeline experience and Unreal Engine knowledge.
Responsibilities:
- Define the character creation-to-engine pipeline and standards
- Build and recommend tools for artists, riggers and animators
- Optimize and debug character assets for performance
- Resolve deformation, cloth and hair issues
- Collaborate with animation and programming teams
Requirements summary:
- Hands-on end-to-end character pipeline experience
- Knowledge of rigging and animation needs
- Understanding of polygon, material and memory budgets
- Experience setting character production workflows
- Unreal Engine 5 experience, or Unreal Engine 4 pipeline experience
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- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-13
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-13
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-29
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Arts & media |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
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Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world crafting original and memorable gaming experiences featuring brands such as Assassin’s Creed®, Brawlhalla®, For Honor®, Far Cry®, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon®, Just Dance®, Rabbids®, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six®, The Crew® and Tom Clancy’s The Division®. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help us create the unknown!
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Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world crafting original and memorable gaming experiences featuring brands such as Assassin’s Creed®, Brawlhalla®, For Honor®, Far Cry®, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon®, Just Dance®, Rabbids®, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six®, The Crew® and Tom Clancy’s The Division®. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about…
| Field | Value |
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| Industry | Computer Games |
| Company size | 10,001+ employees |
| Headquarters | Saint-Mandé, Île-de-France |
| Organization type | Public Company |
| Year founded | 1986 |
| Specialties | Video GamesVideo Game DevelopmentVideo Game ProductionVideo Game MarketingVideo Game DesignLevel DesignProgrammingOnline ProgrammingTransmediaArt |
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Company Description
Ubisoft is a global leader in gaming with teams across the world creating original and memorable gaming experiences, from Assassin’s Creed, Rainbow Six to Just Dance and more. We believe diverse perspectives help both players and teams thrive. If you’re passionate about innovation and pushing entertainment boundaries, join our journey and help create the unknown!
Job Description
As a Senior Technical Artist - Characters (Unreal) at Ubisoft Montréal, you will be the point of reference for technical matters related to character content creation, from concept handoff through in-engine integration. You will define how characters are produced on the project and put the end-to-end pipeline in place. You will guide the resolution of complex issues across modeling, texturing, rigging, skinning, and runtime integration, while advising on the project’s broader technical direction.
What you’ll do
- Identify technical needs across character creation, rigging, skinning, levels of detail, materials, and engine integration
- Shape the character technology vision with technical directors and associate technical directors, in line with the art and animation vision
- Define the character pipeline, including creation-to-engine workflows, naming and export conventions, and validation steps
- Set and share character standards for asset structure, versioning, rigs, skeletons, materials, and textures
- Create or recommend tools for character artists, riggers, and animators, including export automation, asset validators, rig builders, and batch processing utilities
- Optimize and debug character assets for geometry, draw calls, skinning cost, memory use, and shader complexity
- Resolve complex character issues, including deformation quality, cloth and hair integration, and modular character systems
- Collaborate with animation and programming teams on character features and runtime systems, and communicate progress to associates and technical directors
- Document standards and tools, follow developments in character technology, help align teams around shared goals, and contribute to performance evaluations within the specialty
Qualifications
What you bring to the team
- Hands-on experience with an end-to-end character pipeline, including how character assets are created and integrated into a game engine
- Knowledge of rigging and animation needs sufficient to guide the pipeline and work with animation teams
- Knowledge of technical budgets, polygon counts, materials, asset structure, and modular character customization
- Experience establishing workflows and standards for character production
- Experience with Unreal Engine 5, or relevant character pipeline experience with Unreal Engine 4
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