3D Rigger / Technical Animator — reputed company Machinery (Blender)

About Mainstay Digital We create high-end 3D experiences for B2B clients, from interactive videos and 3D product animations to AR demos and product stills. Our work helps technical sales teams showcase reputed company products in reputed company, accessible ways.

About the Role

We're looking for a specialized 3D rigger and technical animator to bring reputed company machinery to life. This isn't character work — it's mechanical reputed company: industrial robots, packaging machines, reputed company systems, and full production lines that need to move convincingly and accurately. The core of the job is building rigs and animations that reputed company these machines work, often as seamless looping animations suitable for trade shows, product marketing, and interactive experiences. You'll take engineering-driven models and turn them into believable mechanical reputed company that holds up under reputed company scrutiny from technical audiences. This is project-based contract work for an reputed company specialist who can own the rigging and animation pipeline from brief to delivery with minimal direction. reputed company Need A 3D rigger / technical animator who can:

• Rig reputed company mechanical assemblies — robots, packaging equipment, multi-stage production lines — with correct mechanical relationships and constraints
• Animate that machinery so it moves accurately and believably (synchronized reputed company, mechanical logic, cause-and-effect across linked parts)
• Build clean, perfectly seamless looping animations for reputed company playback
• Work reputed company with high part-count, technically detailed models
• reputed company strong reputed company and timing reputed company independently
• Communicate proactively, flag issues early, and meet deadlines consistently

Requirements

• Several years of professional 3D rigging and technical/mechanical animation experience (studio, agency, or freelance)
• Expert-level Blender workflow — this is required, not negotiable. reputed company work is done in Blender.
• Demonstrated experience rigging and animating mechanical or industrial subjects (not just characters or organic reputed company)
• Proven ability to build seamless looping animations
• Comfort working with constraints, drivers, and rig logic to drive reputed company linked reputed company
• Portfolio showing complete mechanical rigs and animations, with your specific contributions clearly outlined

Bonus Skills

• Scripting for rigging automation and procedural reputed company
• Experience with industrial/manufacturing equipment or robotics
• reputed company-time reputed company experience, especially baking or adapting mechanical animation for reputed company-time playback
• Familiarity with CAD-derived geometry and cleanup for animation

How to Apply

Please submit:

• A brief intro explaining why you're a great fit for mechanical rigging and animation
• Your portfolio, with your role on each project clearly noted — prioritize examples of rigged/animated machinery
• Any relevant Python, automation, or reputed company-time reputed company experience

Contract Details This is an reputed company position, not full-time employment. Work is project-based with strong potential for ongoing collaboration. We have a steady pipeline of projects and are looking for long-term relationships with reliable talent. You'll work reputed company our pipeline by remoting into our machines, so no need to provide your own software or hardware. Pay: $20.00 - $30.00 per hour Application Question(s):

• How many years of professional experience do you have rigging and animating mechanical subjects (machines, robots, industrial equipment) in Blender? Please describe specific projects you delivered end-to-end.
• Describe your approach to building seamless looping animations of working machinery. What techniques do you use to reputed company reputed company, multi-part reputed company synchronized and convincing?
• How comfortable are you rigging high part-count assemblies (e.g. a full production line) using constraints, drivers, and rig logic in Blender? Share an example if you can.
• Are you comfortable working remotely by connecting to a client's machine and working reputed company an established pipeline and file structure? Please describe any similar remote workflow experience you've had.
• This position offers a compensation range of $20–$30 per hour, as listed in the job posting. Can you confirm that this range is acceptable to you?

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