We are seeking a talented Senior Systems Designer to join our growing team at Bethesda Game Studios Austin. Senior Systems Designers are responsible for the design, implementation, balance, and upkeep of game systems. The ideal candidate will be able to work as a strong individual contributor as well as drive a multidisciplinary strike team to create high quality features and content.

Responsibilities

Create easy to follow design documentation
Ability to get hands-on and implement gameplay elements in our proprietary toolset
Prototype new ideas and systems with existing tools and game script
Drive new features and content as a strike team Lead
Collaborate with artists, engineers and other designers in strike teams
Provide feedback and guidance to other members of design
Work closely with design leadership and production to ensure consistency, scope, and quality of systems
Work with analytics team and stakeholders to define success criteria for new features
Assist in assessing the performance of new features as well as legacy ones, and help determine future steps to take
Assist in mentoring junior members of the design team

Qualifications

A minimum of 5 years of experience working in a design capacity on PC or console games
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience working with a variety of established game toolsets
Proficient in one or more text-based scripting languages
Experience working in a collaborative environment with cross disciplinary groups
Experience shipping a AAA game or patching/maintaining a live AAA game
Experience designing multiplayer game systems
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Expert user with Excel
Excellent math skills
Candidate may be asked to take a short design test that includes both scripting and design sections

Preferred Skills

Experience creating mods or content for BGS games using the CreationKit
Strong knowledge and interest in Fallout lore
Solid debugging experience with text based script languages
Open World Sandbox game experience