13 hours ago
Cupertino, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Author and tune NPC or companion character behaviors using behavior trees, state machines, utility systems, or visual scripting.
- Design character responses to people and their environment with attention to expression, responsiveness, timing, and social interaction.
- Develop interactive animation behaviors including idles, reactions, look-ats, and additive layers.
- Prototype, iterate, and evaluate character performances in real-time environments.
- Collaborate with engineers, artists, designers, and writers on dialogue, animation, speech, and character performance.
- Provide and receive feedback in a collaborative, cross-disciplinary team.
Requirements
- Experience authoring and tuning NPC or companion character behaviors.
- Working knowledge of interactive animation, including idles, reactions, look-ats, and additive layers.
- Experience with real-time game engines such as Unity or Unreal.
- Understanding of technical constraints in real-time environments.
- Preferred background in animation, acting, physical comedy, improvisation, or traditional animation and performance principles.
- Preferred familiarity with conversational systems, including latency and failure modes.
- Prototyping, iteration, and evaluation skills are preferred.
- Experience with themed entertainment, animatronics, or interactive installation work is preferred.
Tech Stack
Unity
Categories
Gaming
About Apple
Apple designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and services for consumers and professionals worldwide, including iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, and AirPods, plus platforms like iOS/macOS and services such as the App Store, iCloud, Music, and TV+. Its business combines device sales with services and subscriptions and in-house silicon design. Founded in 1976, Apple is headquartered in Cupertino, California, and trades on NASDAQ as AAPL.