Principal Physics Engineer

Job Description

Your Mission

Infinity Ward is looking for a talented Principal Physics Engineer. This Engineer will maintain and improve upon our proprietary physics framework, pipeline and feature-set, all built around Microsoft's Havok. They should possess strong practical knowledge of C/C++ at both low and application levels and have a good understanding of 3D math.

Priorities can often change in a fast-paced environment like ours, so this role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities:
• Drive our collision data pipeline to create the highest fidelity scalable environments and assets
• Architect and support simulation and query behaviors to maintain our position at the cutting edge of FPS physics related gameplay and visuals
• Collaborate with other internal departments to schedule and execute on the game's design requirements
• Deploy, evaluate performance, optimize, and test software on PC and console platforms
• Collaborate with other Activision studios across the world

Player Profile

Minimum Requirements:
• 10+ years of experience working as an engineer in the game industry or a similar industry
• Significant experience with physics pipeline requirements and runtime behaviors. Direct experience with Havok is a plus
• Proven ability to collaborate, coordinate, communicate and support other team members
• Demonstrated ability to write efficient, performant, clean, readable, portable, and reliable code
• Passion for games

About Infinity Ward

Founded in 2002, Infinity Ward is the original studio behind the Call of Duty® franchise. The titles developed by Infinity Ward have won more than 200 ''Game of the Year'' awards and 100 ''Editor's Choice'' awards, among many other industry accolades. Some of our previous titles include: Call of Duty®: Ghosts, Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare and most recently, Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare. Infinity Ward employs more than 250 people in Woodland Hills, CA, just outside of Los Angeles.

A critically acclaimed studio, Infinity Ward is proud to have one of the most passionate and talented development teams in the industry. We love to have as much fun as the games we create, and it shows in our relaxed, yet diligent, workplace environment. We believe that making the best games relies on having the best people, so we like to look after ours. We enjoy having fun with top-notch events that everyone gets involved with.

Infinity Ward is wholly owned by Activision. To learn more about our studio, please visit us at https://www.infinityward.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/InfinityWard/, and @InfinityWard on Twitter.

Subject to eligibility requirements, the Company offers comprehensive benefits including:
• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance;
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching;
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave;
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and a variety of other voluntary benefit programs like supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others;
• If the Company requires that you move geographic locations for the job, then you may also be eligible for relocation assistance.

Eligibility to participate in these benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns with the Company. You can learn more by visiting https://www.benefitsforeveryworld.com/.

In the US, the standard base pay range for this role is $167,500.00 - $309,876.00 Annual. This base pay range is for the US and is not applicable to locations outside of the US Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location. In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation. Incentive compensation is not guaranteed.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dyekom-3-145-58-169-42 in your application.