Game Engineer

• Own gameplay animation features from concept through completion, including reference gathering, prototyping, asset creation, engine integration, debugging, and polish
• Create character movement and action animations for locomotion, directional changes, stance transitions, traversal, and combat interactions
• Contribute to first-person animation, full-body movement, weapon handling, and camera feedback
• Partner with designers and programmers to refine movement responsiveness, action timing, transitions, interruption behavior, weight, and physicality
• Build and refine animation graphs, state machines, blend setups, and animation layers in the project engine and tools
• Use keyframe animation and motion-capture workflows
• Evaluate work in playable builds, diagnose animation issues, and collaborate across disciplines to resolve them
• Improve workflows and address runtime, asset, and production constraints with technical animation and engineering teams
• At Lead level, guide feature planning, establish quality benchmarks, provide feedback, and mentor teammates while creating and implementing animation directly

Game Engineer jobs in United Kingdom

Senior/Lead Gameplay Animator – 3C, FPS