Where: Orlando, FL
Field: Animation, App / Game Design & Simulation
Type: Full Time
Details
Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.
EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sport through industry-leading sports video games, including Madden NFL football, EA Sports FC soccer, NHL® hockey, and EA SPORTS UFC.
As an Animation Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and implementing technical animation solutions to support networked game mechanics for a fast paced, action oriented multiplayer sports game. You will be a key contributor in solving the animation challenges represented by a fast paced, low input latency, sim-driven, contact sports game.
Your Responsibilities:
Architect and implement animation strategies for time sensitive gameplay mechanics in a responsive, action oriented multiplayer game in collaboration with engineers, animators, and designers.
Work with engineering teams to identify and implement core animation systems and gameplay features.
Work directly with animators to debug and optimize animation workflows.
Actively share domain knowledge, teach and mentor engineers within their team.
Design, implement and document technology and strategies to facilitate the development of games mechanics in a multiplayer environment by other team members.
Own features and collaborate with team members to solve problems efficiently.
Experience
Your Qualifications
8+ years experience in software development with a strong C++ focus and proficiency in C#.
Shipped action games as a key contributor in animation pipelines and associated systems, such as: melee combat, sports or sports adjacent.
Familiarity with runtime inverse-kinematic systems.
Experience developing in and debugging multi-threaded/concurrent/simultaneous multiplayer architectures.
Pragmatic approach to problem solving.
Experience with Visual Studio and knowledge of the debugging tools and profilers.
Bonus
Experience with motion matching.
Experience with using animation as a latency hiding technique in a multiplayer game.
Shipped fast paced multiplayer melee combat game, or similar.
Experience with network architecture of MMO games.
Experience working with Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo game consoles.
Experience working with iOS and Android.
Experience with developing large scale multiplayer games.
Experience with Frostbite, Unreal or Unity.
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