Job brief: Sr. Technical Character Artist I

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• Listed on Axon's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-11 (today); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-11.
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What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $104,250 to $166,800 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: Seattle, Washington, United States · Washington-Office
• Posted: 2026-11-11

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Level: Senior. The title says "Sr".

Must have

• We are on a moonshot mission to reduce police-related gun violence by 50% over the course of 10 years.
• 5+ years working in the gaming and/or VR industry
• 5+ years of Unity or Unreal game engine experience
• Don’t meet every single requirement? That's ok.
• All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures.

Conditions

• We call this "Roll Call" training: training that can be done before and after a shift to keep skills sharp.
• Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life.

Main duties

• You will be a key member of the VR Art Team with a critical role in how our characters are built, clothed, and rendered. On any given day you may find yourself:
• Creating realistic human characters from concept through engine-ready assets
• Owning and evolving our MetaHuman-based character creation pipeline
• Building and maintaining parametric clothing workflows, including Chaos Cloth setup for clothing created inside Unreal Engine
• Skinning and weight-painting characters, and building corrective blendshapes

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• Across Axon's 394 open listings, 52% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How Axon hires

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