Senior Systems Designer II
Job Summary
Job Description
- Game Development
- Unreal Engine
- Combat Design
- Collaboration Skills
- UE5 Experience
- Blueprint Scripting
- C++ Experience
- Technical Skills
- Competitive Salary
- Benefits Package
4 skills required
Job Details
In this role, you will:
- Design, prototype, and maintain core combat gameplay features and scenarios, ensuring they align with the game's creative and narrative vision.
- Implement combat designs by refining features and collaborating with system and level designers on setups.
- Collaborate closely with Engineering, Cinematography, and Art teams to bring innovative combat systems to life.
- Lead the development process by setting clear objectives, creating accurate estimates, and identifying key dependencies.
- Continuously improve designs through iteration, leveraging feedback, playtests, and game metrics to make impactful adjustments.
- Work with external partners to ensure quality standards are met and project timelines are maintained.
We are looking for people who:
- Have ten or more years of experience in game development
- Take risks in order to push interactive entertainment forward in new and innovative ways
- Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Have a strong understanding of high-level design and the understanding of how their contributions will affect the game as a whole
- Thrive in a self-driven environment
- Appreciate and respect cross-discipline collaboration
- Have experience with Unreal Engine. UE5 experience a plus. Technical experience (Blueprint or other visual scripting , C++, etc) a huge plus.
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About The Company
About Skydance Media
Skydance is a diversified media company founded by David Ellison in 2010 to create high quality, event-level entertainment for global audiences. The Company brings to life stories of immersive worlds across its feature film, television, and interactive platforms. Its feature films include Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Annihilation, LIFE, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Star Trek Beyond, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Terminator Genisys, World War Z, Star Trek Into Darkness, G.I. Joe: Retaliation, Jack Reacher, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and True Grit. Skydance’s upcoming film releases include Top Gun: Maverick, Gemini Man, The Old Guard, 6 Underground and the nwe untitled Terminator film. In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance Television launched in 2013. Its current slate includes Emmy-nominated Grace and Frankie on Netflix, Altered Carbon on Netflix, Jack Ryan on Amazon, and Condor on AT&T Audience Network. Skydance Interactive launched in 2016 to create and publish original and IP-based virtual reality experiences and video games. Skydance Interactive recently debuted its first original title – Archangel, a story-driven VR shooter.
About Skydance Interactive
Skydance Interactive creates and publishes original and IP-based virtual reality games. The division of Skydance Media was launched in 2016 through the acquisition of The Workshop Entertainment. Skydance Interactive’s first VR offering is Archangel, launched on July 18th 2017. Skydance Interactive in 2017 partnered with Skybound Entertainment to develop a number of original virtual reality video games based on the expansive world of The Walking Dead universe. The Walking Dead VR game will be the inaugural co-developed title from both companies. The studio is located in Marina del Rey, CA.
About Animation
In 2017, Skydance formed an animation division to develop and produce a slate of high-end feature films and television series in partnership with Spain’s Ilion Animation Studios. Skydance’s first three animated features are Luck, Split (working title), and Powerless (working title). Luck, directed by Alessandro Carloni (Kung Fu Panda 3) and written by Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger, is a comedy that pulls back the curtain on the millennia-old battle between the organizations of good luck and bad luck that secretly affects our daily lives. Split, directed by Vicky Jenson (Shrek) and written by Linda Woolverton, tells the story of Elian, a teenager who comes of age using her magical powers to defend her family when the opposing forces of light and darkness threaten to divide her kingdom. Nathan Greno (Tangled) is set to direct Powerless. The studio is located in Los Angeles, CA.
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