Skild AI

Senior Robot Animator

Skild AI · San Mateo, CA

Posted 22 days ago

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This role has been open
22 days
Skild AI's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of Skild AI's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Skild AI
high
60 stale, 1 reposted of 62 open
Hiring momentum
64 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-17

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About this role

As a Senior Robot Animator at Skild AI, you will animate and rig robot motions using software like Maya or Blender, collaborating with robotics and hardware teams to ensure that animations translate effectively from digital to physical robots. Your role will involve creating motion libraries, choreographing performances, and delivering both rendered animations and real-time sequences performed by robots, all while focusing on the nuances of physical movement and mechanics.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 5+ years animating professionally in film/VFX, games, or robotics, or equivalent senior-level experience
  • Expert keyframe animation with a strong sense of weight, timing, and body mechanics
  • Rigging experience with mechanical or articulated characters: constraints, IK/FK, joint limits, mechanism-accurate setups
  • Comfortable cleaning, editing, and retargeting motion capture onto non-human skeletons

Nice to have

  • Background working with humanoid or robotic characters in simulation or the real world
  • Familiarity with controls/rigid-body dynamics/simulation is a plus

Worth weighing

  • Base salary range is quite broad ($100,000 - $300,000), which may indicate variability in compensation based on experience or negotiation
  • Role is heavily focused on animation and may not involve broader robotics engineering responsibilities

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Listed by Skild AI on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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