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Working with the modelling team and pipelines for the skeletal positions and Nanite attached-meshes.\nMetahuman Head Rig Setups: Tweaking Metahuman Radial Basis Functions and any other special requirements on scanning and character art.\n Pre-simulated Clothing Deformation: Setting up nCloth simulation rig to connect with animation and assets exported from cinematic sequences via content pipeline.\nRequisitos\nExperience with character, prop and vehicle rigging with mGear.\nExperience with Metahuman biped templates and Radial Basis Functions. (Familiarity with custom build steps would be a bonus.)\nMaya skinning experience.\nExperience in nCloth and Houdini cloth simulation rigs.\nPython scripting and tools writing would be a welcome addition to your skillset.\nBeneficios\nRed Kite is located in central Leeds, a major UK city connected to London by rapid rail links and the M1 motorway - plus the rest of the world via Leeds Bradford airport. It's home to some of the best restaurants, bars and museums in the North of England, and is within easy reach of spectacular countryside (the Yorkshire Moors and Bronte Country), historical York and the Yorkshire East coast (you should definitely check out Whitby and Runswick Bay).We offer a superb flexible benefits package - which includes but is not limited to:\nFlexitime - Including work from home on Fridays and early finish Fridays\nIndustry leading 35 hours per week\nDefined Annual Bonus scheme\nGenerous holiday allowance - Including your birthday, Duvet Days and Christmas Eve\n5 x Learning & Development Days per year\nEmployee Assistance Programme - Including health, mental health and wellbeing support\nEnhanced Maternity/Paternity and Adoption pay\nLife Assurance, Income Protection, Critical Illness Cover and Dental Insurance\nRelocation Support\nNurturing Red Kite's studio culture is at the heart of everything we do, which has been recognised by the following awards:\nGI.biz - Best Places to Work \nBest Companies - A World Class, 3 Star place to work \nTIGA STAR Award for excellence\nRed Kite is a social studio - the team regularly gather for socials, game nights, film nights, to play sports and much more - making this a great place to build a career whilst making friends...and let us not forget Red Kite's legendary Summer BBQ and our epic Christmas party!Red Kite's studio is relaxed and friendly. Every team member has the opportunity to shine and we pride ourselves on providing a positive social atmosphere, facilitated by shared interest groups, wide-ranging clubs and charity fundraising events. Red Kite are proud supporters of the gaming charity SpecialEffect.\nRed Kite works closely with our employee diversity group, PRISM, which exists to promote diversity, inclusion, equity, equality and wellbeing across the studio. 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