Technical Designer - Madden

Job Description

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment, with over 25 years of innovation, passion, and the connection of millions of players across the globe to their favorite sports, teams, and players. The franchise that started it all for EA SPORTS is the Madden Franchise. Madden NFL Madden NFL is one of the best-selling video games in history, with millions of engaged players across multiple platforms, including console, PC, and mobile.

Innovation, passion, and teamwork are the heart of everything we do. With studios in Orlando, Vancouver, Madrid, and Austin, we are looking for the brightest talent so we can continue to create experiences that connect with millions of hearts and minds the world over.

EA SPORTS is one of the most iconic brands in entertainment, with over 25 years of innovation, passion, and the connection of millions of players across the globe to their favorite sports, teams, and players. The franchise that started it all for EA SPORTS is the Madden Franchise. Madden NFL Madden NFL is one of the best-selling video games in history, with millions of engaged players across multiple platforms, including console, PC, and mobile.

Innovation, passion, and teamwork are the heart of everything we do. With studios in Orlando, Vancouver, Madrid, and Austin, we are looking for the brightest talent so we can continue to create experiences that connect with millions of hearts and minds the world over.

As a Technical Designer reporting to the Producer, you will:

Responsibilities:
• Support and guide other team members in relation to design features and workflows; you are the first point of escalation for designers and programmers.
• Identify and lead the development of new design workflow and features.
• Maintain and own systems and features during production.
• Review designs, content and the game to ensure consistency, quality and compliance with performance goals, memory budgets and standards.
• Review incoming bugs to stay on top of any issues.
• Implement scripting or game design work when needed during parts of production.

Qualifications:
• Experience in technical design processes, content creation, engines, tools and pipelines.
• Proficiency in relevant software tools, scripting languages, and visual scripting, such as Unreal Blueprints or Frostbite.
• Work towards mastery of our Frostbite engine. 'Aims to know how everything works.'
• You have an understanding of code and experience bridging design and engineering practices.
• Experience in cross disciplinary collaboration and bridging between creatives and engineers.
• Well versed in modern AAA game design trends and how they function.
• 2+ shipped games.
• 6 or more years of games industry experience, (experience in a technical role is an advantage).

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