Technical Designer

Striking Distance Studios • San Ramon, CA

1d • $95,000 - $131,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Striking Distance Studios is looking for a Technical Designer to work in a cooperative, cross-disciplinary team environment.

This role will be onsite at Striking Distance Studios in San Ramon, CA!

Requirements

• A minimum of 3+ years AAA design.
• A strong understanding of design principles and combat design.
• Professional experience working in UE4/UE5
• Coding experience in Unreal Engine C++
• Very Experienced with Scripting languages, and visual scripting languages. (Blueprint knowledge preferred)
• A passion and hunger to make the best games.

Responsibilities

• Design, document, and tune game mechanics, controls, and systems.
• Work with Leads, Systems Designers, Animators and Engineers to create compelling gameplay mechanics.
• Collaborate with team to ensure highest level of quality and to guarantee visibility and alignment
• Fully document design for Engineers, Prop Artists, and Animators. Creatively solve system conflicts and troubleshoot technical limitations
• Balance and tune gameplay to ensure the highest level of player engagement.
• Communicate with Production to ensure all deadlines are met
• Work with Design to create tools/workflow enhancements that can benefit the team as a whole through production.
• Work with all teams to prototype and prove out the viability of content, whether it be tools or gameplay mechanics.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed