Senior Robot Animator
Skild AI · San Mateo, CA · San Mateo
CHECKED 3H AGO
Roboticsonsitesenior$100k–$300k
At a glance
Highlights
- Bring robots to life with motion running in simulation and on hardware.
- Choreograph multi-robot performances timed to music and camera.
- Build motion libraries supporting simulation and machine learning work.
Ideal candidate
Senior animator from film, games or robotics who obsesses over weight, timing and body mechanics and loves seeing digital performances come alive on real machines.
Requirements
- 5+ years animating professionally in film/VFX, games, or robotics with demo reel
- Expert keyframe animation with strong sense of weight, timing and body mechanics
- Rigging experience with mechanical characters including constraints, IK/FK and joint limits
- Experience cleaning, editing and retargeting motion capture onto non-human skeletons
- Background working with humanoid or robotic characters in simulation or real world
Lab profile
About Skild AI
Building general-purpose robotic intelligence that adapts robustly to unseen scenarios.
What they build
- General-purpose robotic intelligence
- Scalable foundation model for robot deployment
Known for
- Large-scale data-driven machine learning
- Robust adaptation to unseen scenarios
- Computer vision and manipulation
- Simulation and embedded systems