"Motive" is the driving force within us that takes us from an idea to reality. Our studio provides a safe, trusting, and empowering environment for our game teams to unleash their creativity across massive brands. But we're not talking about the expected, the conventional, the cliché. We want none of that. Here, you will play a significant role in making the extraordinary. You'll also help shape our culture. Here, everyone has a voice, everyone can be themselves, everyone is welcome.
As a Technical Designer, you will be an important connection between Design and Engineering. Working towards a mastery of Frostbite, EA's state-of-the-art game engine that powers games such as Star Wars™: Squadrons, Battlefield™, Dragon Age™, you will learn how everything works and won't shy away from diving into new or undocumented systems.
Technical Designer should have experience with a variety of engines and tools as well as visual scripting. Bringing your experience in video games production you should also be comfortable about learning "on the fly".
Responsibilities:
You will be asked to help solve problems and document the findings.
Support and guide other team members in relation to design features and workflows; you are the first point of escalation for designers and programmers.
Learn and maintain systems and features during production. Validating them with your leads.
Participate in the reviews for designs, content and the game to ensure consistency, quality and compliance with performance goals, memory budgets and standards.
Help advocate for best practices to the content team
Communicate with your lead and teammates to set priorities and goals for your work
With your leads track down issues or improvement areas and implement novel solutions
Qualifications:
1+ years of experience in technical design processes, content creation, engines, tools and pipelines.
1+ years of experience with game engines like Unreal, Unity and other 3d game engines.
1+ years of experience collaborating with a team
Some experience in scripting or visual scripting would be an advantage.
You understand code and experience bridging design and engineering practices.
1+ years of experience in cross disciplinary collaboration and bridging between creatives and engineers.
Interest in modern game design trends and how they function.
Games industry experience shipping titles is an advantage, as previous experience in a Technical role but we encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.
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