Job Description
We're the videogame development team behind Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare 3, Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare and Call of Duty®: WWII. Since our founding in 2009, our greatest passion has been making AAA games.
As we head into decade II of development, we're passionate about constantly evolving, innovating and doing things differently – which are some of the most exciting aspects of game development. With outstanding audio, design, engineering and art 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.
Sledgehammer Games is wholly owned by Activision. To learn more about our studio, please visit us at www.sledgehammergames.com or search for Sledgehammer Games on your favorite social media platform. Want to hear what it's like at the studio directly from current employees? Check out our #LifeatSHG developer profiles: https://youtu.be/12DUBszg-w4
Your Mission
Our team is seeking a dedicated and passionate Lead AI Engineer to oversee game AI development. This is an opportunity to lead development on innovative AI in the world's premiere FPS franchise. We're looking for someone who comes to the table with new insights, but has the pragmatism required to ship a video game. We'd like to speak with you!
Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:
• 6+ years of experience in games, military simulation, or real-time AI.
• 1 shipped title working as a senior AI or gameplay engineer.
• Worked with AI decision frameworks.
• Strong design sensibilities and outstanding communication skills.
• Excellent debugging and performance analysis skills.
• Strong 3D math and algebra skills as they relate to game programming.
• Strong knowledge of C++ programming and practices.
• Love of games.
Player Profile
Pluses:
• Experience as a leading engineer.
• Experience with animation technology, such as blend trees, IK, motion matching.
• Experience with game networking systems.
• Working in and extending an established code base.
• Previous experience with scripting languages such as Lua or Python.
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