Game Engine Engineer, Platform
Worldscape Technology Inc.4 months ago
Redmond, WA, USAEntry Level / Mid Level
Base Salary
$100k - $130k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop game physics data models, simulation loops, solver strategies, and integrations across engine and simulation systems.
- Implement collision detection, entity controllers, vehicle and orbital dynamics, particle and fluid mechanics, and physics-driven gameplay and animation interactions.
- Build authoring tools, runtime hooks, visualizers, probes, debugging tools, and content pipelines for designer and QA workflows.
- Profile and optimize frame time and memory across platforms, including multithreading, job systems, SIMD, and GPU compute efforts.
- Establish test suites, golden scenarios, verification and validation practices, and solutions for instability such as stacking, tunneling, jitter, and constraint drift.
- Investigate engine crashes and regressions and support post-launch content changes without destabilizing simulation systems.
Requirements
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience.
- 0 to 4+ years of real-time or game physics engineering experience, with shipped-title experience preferred; AA/AAA experience is a plus.
- Experience with modern C++, data-oriented design, memory management, profiling, and debugging.
- Knowledge of rigid-body dynamics, collision detection, integration schemes, constraint solvers, numerical stability, and real-time performance trade-offs.
- Experience integrating physics with animation, gameplay systems, and rendering pipelines.
- Experience with multithreading, job systems, SIMD/vectorization, cache-friendly data structures, and frame and memory budgeting.
- Ability to lead cross-disciplinary efforts and communicate complex technical concepts clearly.
- Preferred: experience with Unreal Engine, Unity, Havok, Bullet, PhysX, advanced simulation, GPU compute, deterministic networking, rollback and prediction, server authority models, console shipping, Python, C#, Lua, and custom engines.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity.
- Attractive benefits package, flexible time off, and a fast-paced environment with flexibility and ownership.
- Medical, dental, vision, and HSA health insurance options.
- 401k plan and basic and voluntary life insurance.
- Equal opportunity workplace with a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background check.