Senior Physics & Simulation Programmer

Description

id Software is looking for a Senior Physics & Simulation Programmer to work as part of a development team on legendary id game properties like DOOM and QUAKE, developing physics and simulation technology for the game industry’s most advanced engine technology.  This position requires engaging in a proactive, high energy development environment on our core technology team. 

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and improving the idTech 5+ physics engine

• Feature addition and enhancement to our existing physics engine

• Support and proactively interface with the game development team

• Optimization

• Simulation updates and stability

• Collision detection

  Requirements:

• 3+ years of game industry experience

• Very strong C++ coding and systems design experience

• Excellent 3D math skills

• Experience writing and maintaining physics and simulation code including continuous collision detection, fluid dynamics, and related systems.

• Cross-platform experience (PC, Xbox 360, PS3) including knowledge of each platforms strengths and weaknesses

• Excellent organization and time management skills

• Able to communicate proactively and effectively with excellent oral and written communication skills across disciplines

• Strong interpersonal skills and problem solving ability

• Must be a self-motivated and energetic team player with a very strong work ethic and cooperative attitude

• A passion for developing the highest quality games in the industry

  Desired Skills and Pluses:

• Experience with the idTech code base (Quake 3, DOOM 3, QUAKE 4, etc.)

• Experience with Middleware Physics solutions such as Havok or PhysX

• Experience with Navigation, Path Finding, and Obstacle Avoidance Systems

• First person shooter or other action shooter experience

• Degree in computer science or equivalent study in related fields

  About Us: 

  id Software provides technical, design and artistic leadership as a world-renowned game developer and technology innovator since its founding in 1991. id Software’s iconic brands such as Wolfenstein®, DOOM®, QUAKE® and RAGE® have become staples of popular culture for generations of gamers. At id Software, everything revolves around the people; we believe in hiring the best and brightest and giving them the tools and the environment to be successful. These principles have guided us successfully for over twenty years and will continue to guide us into the future.

   

  To learn more about id Software, please visit the studio’s official website at http://www.idsoftware.com.

   *This position is located in Frankfurt Germany