Amazon.com Services LLC
Software Development, subsidiaries
DesignTechnologist,RobotAnimation
“Design Technologist, Robot Animation at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Robot animation, Character animation, Motion design, Technical animation. Author expressive robot animations. Articulate robot personality”
Industry & Context.
Work within constraints; Adapt to joint constraints
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years professional experience, Character animation experience, Motion design experience, Technical animation experience, Expressive personality-driven motion demo reel, Scripting ability in Python, Tooling experience, Pipeline integration experience, Procedural animation experience, Experience within technical constraints, Real-time engines experience, Joint physics limits experience, Hardware platforms experience, 3D Studio Max experience, Maya experience, Photoshop experience, Zbrush experience, Substance experience, Unreal experience, Blender experience
Nice to Have
Motion capture experience, Directing motion capture sessions, Cleaning motion capture data, Retargeting motion capture data, Animating for stylized characters, Familiarity with real-time animation systems, Experience with robotics, Experience with physical characters, Experience with animatronics, Film background, Games background, Themed entertainment background
What You'll Do.
Author expressive robot animations
Articulate robot personality
Create locomotion styles
Create conversational gestures
Create emotional reactions
Create interactive behaviors
Partner with HRI researchers
Partner with robotics engineers
Understand robot physical capabilities
Understand interaction needs
Work with motion capture
Create base animations
Adapt animations for robot form factor
Refine animations for joint constraints
Develop tools for animation authoring
Develop workflows for animation authoring
Integrate with robot behavior pipeline
Test animations on real hardware
Iterate based on in-person feedback
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
HRI researchers; Robotics engineers
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