You will work with motion capture, hand animation, and procedural techniques to build a library of movements that bring our robots to life in real time. This role sits at the intersection of ...
You will work with motion capture, hand animation, and procedural techniques to build a library of movements that bring our robots to life in real time. This role sits at the intersection of ...
Integrate motion capture data and support animation-driven gameplay systems. Ensure animations run efficiently across target platforms and use cases, both real time with frame rate budgets and non ...
Integrate motion capture data and support animation-driven gameplay systems. Ensure animations run efficiently across target platforms and use cases, both real time with frame rate budgets and non ...
Student Technical Assistant
Orange, CA · On-site
$16.90/hr
Create tutorials, how-to guides, and online videos to help students understand digital motion capture and animation technology. * Provide technical support for software, hardware, and Crestron remote ...
Student Technical Assistant
Orange, CA · On-site
$16.90/hr
Create tutorials, how-to guides, and online videos to help students understand digital motion capture and animation technology. * Provide technical support for software, hardware, and Crestron remote ...
Student Technical Assistant
Orange, CA · On-site
$16.90/hr
Create tutorials, how-to guides, and online videos to help students understand digital motion capture and animation technology. * Provide technical support for software, hardware, and Crestron remote ...
Student Technical Assistant
Orange, CA · On-site
$16.90/hr
Create tutorials, how-to guides, and online videos to help students understand digital motion capture and animation technology. * Provide technical support for software, hardware, and Crestron remote ...
Account Manager
Burlingame, CA · On-site
Experience working with game engine animation systems. Good knowledge of Motion Capture techniques ... Employment Type: Full-Time
Account Manager
Burlingame, CA · On-site
Experience working with game engine animation systems. Good knowledge of Motion Capture techniques ... Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience working with game engine animation systems. Good knowledge of Motion Capture techniques ... Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience working with game engine animation systems. Good knowledge of Motion Capture techniques ... Employment Type: Full-Time
Customer Success Manager
New York, NY · On-site
Experience working with game engine animation systems. * Good knowledge of Motion Capture ... Employment Type: Full-Time
Customer Success Manager
New York, NY · On-site
Experience working with game engine animation systems. * Good knowledge of Motion Capture ... Employment Type: Full-Time
Motion Designer - San Francisco/ Los Angeles
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$110K - $155K/yr
... to capture, extract, and utilize intelligence from what people say, hear, see, and think. * Plaud ... Have 4 to 5 years of experience creating iconic design & animation for brands, ideally with design ...
Motion Designer - San Francisco/ Los Angeles
San Francisco, CA · On-site
$110K - $155K/yr
... to capture, extract, and utilize intelligence from what people say, hear, see, and think. * Plaud ... Have 4 to 5 years of experience creating iconic design & animation for brands, ideally with design ...
This is a full-time, in-office position based out of Rockstar's new state-of-the-art game ... Work closely with teams across Performance Capture, Animation, R&D and Tech Art to align systems ...
This is a full-time, in-office position based out of Rockstar's new state-of-the-art game ... Work closely with teams across Performance Capture, Animation, R&D and Tech Art to align systems ...
Portfolio demonstrating motion design and animation work. * Must be local and able to travel to the Chicago office 2-3 times per week. What We Offer * Full-time salaried position * Hybrid work ...
Portfolio demonstrating motion design and animation work. * Must be local and able to travel to the Chicago office 2-3 times per week. What We Offer * Full-time salaried position * Hybrid work ...
Motion Designer
Chicago, IL · On-site
$75K - $95K/yr
Portfolio demonstrating motion design and animation work. * Must be local and able to travel to the Chicago office 2-3 times per week. What We Offer * Full-time salaried position * Hybrid work ...
Motion Designer
Chicago, IL · On-site
$75K - $95K/yr
Portfolio demonstrating motion design and animation work. * Must be local and able to travel to the Chicago office 2-3 times per week. What We Offer * Full-time salaried position * Hybrid work ...
Senior Animator
Los Angeles, CA · On-site
$100K - $140K/yr
The Role You are an experienced animator and motion designer, relentlessly bringing ideas to life ... Full-time
Senior Animator
Los Angeles, CA · On-site
$100K - $140K/yr
The Role You are an experienced animator and motion designer, relentlessly bringing ideas to life ... Full-time
Motion Designer
Chicago, IL · On-site
Portfolio demonstrating motion design and animation work. * Must be local and able to travel to the Chicago office 2-3 times per week. What We Offer * Full-time salaried position * Hybrid work ...
Quick apply
Motion Designer
Chicago, IL · On-site
Portfolio demonstrating motion design and animation work. * Must be local and able to travel to the Chicago office 2-3 times per week. What We Offer * Full-time salaried position * Hybrid work ...
Lead Animator
$123K - $182K/yr
Partner with Technical Animation to explore and refine locomotion and overall character motion ... Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including ...
Lead Animator
$123K - $182K/yr
Partner with Technical Animation to explore and refine locomotion and overall character motion ... Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including ...
Lead Animator
$123K - $182K/yr
Partner with Technical Animation to explore and refine locomotion and overall character motion ... Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including ...
Lead Animator
$123K - $182K/yr
Partner with Technical Animation to explore and refine locomotion and overall character motion ... Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including ...
Lead Animator
$123K - $182K/yr
Partner with Technical Animation to explore and refine locomotion and overall character motion ... Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including ...
Lead Animator
$123K - $182K/yr
Partner with Technical Animation to explore and refine locomotion and overall character motion ... Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including ...
Motion Designer
Chicago, IL · On-site
Portfolio demonstrating motion design and animation work. * Must be local and able to travel to the Chicago office 2-3 times per week. What We Offer * Full-time salaried position * Hybrid work ...
Quick apply
Motion Designer
Chicago, IL · On-site
Portfolio demonstrating motion design and animation work. * Must be local and able to travel to the Chicago office 2-3 times per week. What We Offer * Full-time salaried position * Hybrid work ...
Postdoctoral Associate - M-EASE project
Piscataway, NJ · On-site
$62K - $80K/yr
Position Status Full Time Posting Number 25FA0682 Posting Open Date Posting Close Date ... motion capture, character animation and eye-tracking. The candidate should have strong spoken and ...
Postdoctoral Associate - M-EASE project
Piscataway, NJ · On-site
$62K - $80K/yr
Position Status Full Time Posting Number 25FA0682 Posting Open Date Posting Close Date ... motion capture, character animation and eye-tracking. The candidate should have strong spoken and ...
Lead Animator
$123K - $182K/yr
Partner with Technical Animation to explore and refine locomotion and overall character motion ... Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including ...
Lead Animator
$123K - $182K/yr
Partner with Technical Animation to explore and refine locomotion and overall character motion ... Regular, full-time employees are also eligible for a range of benefits at the Company, including ...
Motion Designer
$2.5K - $5.0K/mo
Mos importantly for you, the animation you ship this week will be in front of 25+ million people in ... Employment Type: FULL_TIME
Motion Designer
$2.5K - $5.0K/mo
Mos importantly for you, the animation you ship this week will be in front of 25+ million people in ... Employment Type: FULL_TIME
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As of Aug 12, 2026, the average hourly pay for full time motion capture animator in the United States is $39.41, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $21.88 and $63.94 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.
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| Aspect | Full Time Motion Capture Animator | Character Animator |
|---|---|---|
| Required Credentials | Degree in Animation, Film, or related field; experience with motion capture technology | Degree in Animation, Fine Arts, or related; strong skills in 2D/3D animation software |
| Work Environment | Motion capture studios, post-production facilities, gaming and film sets | Animation studios, post-production houses, gaming companies |
| Industry Usage | Primarily in gaming, film, and VR projects involving motion capture | In film, TV, gaming, and advertising for character animation |
While both roles involve animation skills, a Full Time Motion Capture Animator specializes in capturing real-world movements using motion capture technology, whereas a Character Animator focuses on creating animated characters through software. The motion capture animator works closely with actors and tech teams, while the character animator primarily uses digital tools to craft performances. Both roles are essential in the animation pipeline but differ in techniques and work environments.
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Full-time
Re-posted 8 days ago
Amazon rating
7.4
Based on 7,082 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz
6th of 39 rated national retailers
Job description
We are seeking a Design Technologist to define the expressive motion vocabulary that makes our robot feel alive: how it gestures when speaking, how it shows curiosity, excitement, hesitation, and calm. You will work with motion capture, hand animation, and procedural techniques to build a library of movements that bring our robots to life in real time.
This role sits at the intersection of character animation and robotics.
You need strong animation instincts - timing, weight, personality - and enough technical fluency to work within the constraints of physical robots that must work in the real world.
Key job responsibilities
- Author expressive robot animations that articulate the robot's core personality: locomotion styles, conversational gesture, emotional reactions, interactive behaviors
- Partner closely with HRI researchers and robotics engineers to understand what the robot can physically do and what interactions need to feel like
- Work with motion capture to create base animations, then adapt and refine them for our robot's form factor and joint constraints
- Develop tools and workflows (Python, Blender/Maya scripting) to accelerate animation authoring and integrate with the robot's behavior pipeline
- Test animations on real hardware and iterate based on how they read in person, from all angles
About the team
Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company, is building capable, safe, and genuinely delightful robots for everyday life. Our goal is simple: make robots people actually want to live and interact with in everyday human spaces.
We believe that future won't arrive until building for robotics becomes far more accessible. Today, too much effort is spent reinventing the fundamentals. We're changing that by developing tightly integrated hardware and software systems that make it faster, safer, and more intuitive to create real-world robotic products.
Our work spans the full stack: mechanical design, control systems, dynamic modeling, and intelligent software. The focus is not just functionality, but experience. We're building robots that feel responsive, expressive, and genuinely useful.
At Fauna, you'll work at the frontier of this space, helping define how robots move, manipulate, and interact with people in natural environments. It's an opportunity to solve hard problems across hardware and software with a team focused on making robotics accessible and joyful to build.
If you care about making robotics real for everyone and building systems that are as delightful as they are capable, we're interested in hearing from you.
About Amazon
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Amazon.com, Inc., commonly known as Amazon, is an American multinational technology company. It was founded by Jeff Bezos in 1994 and initially started as an online marketplace for books. Since then, Amazon has expanded its operations and become one of the largest e-commerce companies in the world. Amazon's primary business is its online retail platform, where customers can purchase a vast array of products, including electronics, clothing, books, home goods, and much more. The company offers a convenient and user-friendly shopping experience, with features such as fast shipping, customer reviews, and personalized recommendations. In addition to its e-commerce platform, Amazon has diversified its business into various other areas. One of its notable ventures is Amazon Web Services (AWS), a comprehensive cloud computing platform that provides services such as storage, compute power, and database management to individuals and businesses. AWS has become a leader in the cloud computing industry, powering many websites and applications worldwide. Amazon has also developed its own consumer electronics, including the popular Amazon Kindle e-reader, Fire tablets, Fire TV streaming devices, and the Alexa-powered Echo smart speakers. The Alexa voice assistant, integrated into these devices, allows users to interact with their devices using voice commands, perform tasks, and access information. Furthermore, Amazon has expanded into media and entertainment. It operates Prime Video, a streaming service that offers a wide range of movies, TV shows, and original content. Amazon Music provides a platform for streaming and purchasing digital music, while Audible offers audiobooks and other audio content. The company's commitment to customer satisfaction and convenience is demonstrated by its membership program, Amazon Prime. Prime members receive various benefits, including free two-day shipping, access to streaming services, exclusive deals, and more.
Industry
It services, book publishers, retail, real estate and computer and electronic product manufacturing
Company size
10,000+ Employees
Headquarters location
Seattle, WA, US