Software Engineer - Animation Engine

About the Company

Meshy is a leading 3D generative AI company headquartered in Silicon Valley. We are on a mission to unleash 3D creativity by transforming the content creation pipeline, allowing users to turn text and images into high-quality 3D assets in minutes. Our team includes experts from MIT, Stanford, and Berkeley, and we are backed by top-tier investors like Sequoia and GGV.

Responsibilities

• Develop general-purpose skeletal rigging and animation retargeting systems for bipedal, quadrupedal, and other character types.
• Build character animation pipelines integrated with 3D generative AI, managing keypoint computation, skinning weights, and animation export.
• Improve animation system performance and stability to meet product requirements for speed and quality.
• Research and implement innovative solutions such as Text-to-Motion and Video-to-Motion techniques.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Digital Media Technology, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in engine or 3D tool development.
• Proven experience delivering an animation feature module.
• Strong knowledge of skeletal rigging and animation retargeting.
• Familiarity with Houdini, Blender (Python API), or Maya, including scripting and pipeline extensions.
• Proficiency in C++ and Python.
• Understanding of keypoint detection, skinning weight computation, and motion interpolation algorithms.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Houdini’s animation and rigging systems.
• Experience in deep learning-based motion generation.
• Experience in Web3D development (WebGL, WebGPU, WebAssembly).
• Experience in character animation art production.