Senior Robot Animator at skildai-careers

Compensation

$100,000 – $300,000/yr

Location: California
Type: Full-time
Level: not_specified
Posted: Aug 25, 2026

Description

Skild AI is seeking a Senior Robot Animator to create lifelike motion for robots, working with robotics, simulation, and hardware teams. The role focuses on computer graphics aspects like rigging, keyframe animation, body mechanics, and motion editing/retargeting. Candidates should possess strong animation skills paired with an understanding of how physical robots operate.

Required Skills

Rigging
Keyframe Animation
Body Mechanics
Motion Capture

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Experience authoring robot motion in Maya or Blender.
Ability to translate digital motion created in DCC software to actual hardware.
Skill in choreographing and timing complex performance sequences, including multi-robot actions.
Capacity to deliver final rendered animations and sequences executed by physical machines.
Proficiency in constructing motion libraries and performing retargeting for simulation and ML purposes.
Collaborative ability to partner with hardware teams on previz and range-of-motion studies.
Preferred Qualifications: Strong expertise in expert keyframe animation, emphasizing weight, timing, and body mechanics.
Experience in rigging mechanical or articulated characters, including constraint handling, IK/FK, joint limits, and accurate mechanism setups.
Comfortability with cleaning, editing, and retargeting motion capture data onto non-human skeletons.
Prior background in working with humanoid or robotic characters within simulations or real-world applications.
Familiarity with control systems, rigid-body dynamics, and simulation concepts.