Your Platform
Sledgehammer Games is looking for talented developers to join us as founding members of our new Toronto team. This group will partner with our global teams in Foster City, California and Melbourne, Victoria in the creation of epic content for some of the biggest games in the world. This is an opportunity to help grow and shape a AAA team from the ground up, adding new skills to your armory while gaining the unique satisfaction that only comes from building something brand new. Join us on our quest to maintain and improve a healthy and inspiring studio culture!
The studio is navigating their 2nd decade of game development, focused on constant evolution, innovation and qualified risk-taking – which are some of the most rewarding aspects of game development. With world-class content production and engineering teams, we’ve been able to achieve some of the highest-quality game execution of any studio in the industry. We love what we do and work hard to make sure that each new game we make is even better than the last. Creativity is key, and we’re looking for talented game developers for our exciting new projects.
Sledgehammer Games is wholly owned by Activision.
Your Mission
Sledgehammer Games is seeking an Expert Gameplay Engineer with a Physics emphasis. This is a great opportunity to work with a passionate engineering team and help shape cutting-edge industry technology.
- Develop, design, modify, optimize and debug physics pipeline and engine systems
- Deploy, evaluate performance and test software on Xbox One/PS4/Windows platforms
- Communicate features and collaborate with engineering, design and art teams
- Participate in the design, performance and code review process
- Contribute to design and roadmap of industry-leading AAA engine
Player Profile
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics or Math-related field
- 6+ years of experience working with physics simulation and/or other game-related technologies
- Passion for physics simulation
- Strong math skills
- Knowledge of CPU and memory architectures
- Familiarity using modern CPU performance analysis tools
- Comprehensive understanding of object-oriented programming
- Strong background in C/C++
- Solid debugging skills including ability to debug at an assembly-level when necessary
- Good communicator that enjoys collaboration with other programmers, artists and designers
- Passion for code and data optimization
- Creative, motivated, focused, passionate, results-oriented
Extra Points:
- Experience with game physics APIs (Havok, PhysX, etc.)
- Background with parallel programming and multi-threaded code
- Experience with rigid-body dynamics, collision detection, contact/collision resolution
- Experience with rag-doll technologies
- Demonstrated ability to write efficient, clean, readable, portable, and reliable code
Our World
Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), is one of the world's largest and most successful interactive entertainment companies and is at the intersection of media, technology and entertainment. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™ and Bubble Witch™. Our combined entertainment network delights hundreds of millions of monthly active users in 196 countries, making us the largest gaming network on the planet!
Our ability to build immersive and innovate worlds is only enhanced by diverse teams working in an inclusive environment. We aspire to have a culture where everyone can thrive in order to connect and engage the world through epic entertainment. We provide a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being for ‘Every World’ - we’ve got our employees covered!
The videogame industry and therefore our business is fast-paced and will continue to evolve. As such, the duties and responsibilities of this role may be changed as directed by the Company at any time to promote and support our business and relationships with industry partners.
Sledgehammer Games 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.
