Gameplay Engineer - High Moon Studios

Job Title:

Gameplay Engineer - High Moon Studios

Requisition ID:

R024109

Job Description:

Great Games Start with Great People! This is a significant time in our company’s history - and one of the most exciting times to join us! We are seeking a passionate Gameplay Engineer who will work closely with content teams to push our gameplay systems to new heights of fun and visual fidelity, crafting new systems and leveraging existing ones to realize immersive and exciting gameplay. This is a great opportunity to work with a passionate engineering team on the world’s most popular game franchises!

What you’ll be doing…

• Collaborate with designers and animators to create new gameplay systems and expand existing ones
• Support the design department by working on a variety of generalist tasks, to facilitate their efforts
• Extend the usage of existing open world systems
• Implement, debug and optimize major systems in C/C++ and other languages in the context of a large cross platform codebase
• Bug fixing and polish tasks

To succeed you must have…

• Excellent C++ programming skills, with knowledge of algorithms and data structures
• Proficiency in 3D math, related to game programming
• Strong design sensibilities and outstanding communication skills
• A passion for making video games
• Solid debugging skills
• Experience extending an established code base
• 3+ years of experience in game development, including working on commercial titles

We’d love it if you also have…

• Open world game development experience
• Expertise in one or more of the following areas:
  • Player mechanics, particularly in an FPS
  • Weapon systems
  • Animation – blend trees, IK, motion matching
  • Multi-player activity management
  • Networked game logic
  • Physics simulation
  • Vehicle simulation
  • AI – behavior trees, animation state machines, nav mesh
• Experience with scripting languages
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Math or a related field

We love hearing from anyone who is enthusiastic about changing the games industry. Not sure you meet all qualifications? Let us decide! At Activision Blizzard, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

High Moon Studios

Founded in 2002, High Moon Studios is an award-winning studio developing for the Call of Duty franchise, with past development on over 15 titles including Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II, Black Ops Cold War and Black Ops 6, Warzone 2.0, Bungie’s Destiny 2: Forsaken, and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. We employ more than 170 people in Carlsbad, CA, a seaside city in San Diego County.

High Moon Studios is wholly owned by Activision. To learn more about our studio, please visit us at .

High Moon Studios is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

We are committed to working with and providing reasonable assistance to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you are a disabled individual requiring an accommodation to apply for an open position, please email your request to General employment questions cannot be accepted or processed here. Thank you for your interest.

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