Lead Mission Designer – Space Sim & Narrative Architect

Cloud Imperium Games Limited; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Imperium Games Limited in Manchester is seeking a Principal Mission Designer to help build the Persistent Universe. You will lead mission design, own features and systems, collaborate with Narrative and other departments, and mentor junior designers.

Work with Subsumption tooling, shape events and missions, and contribute to the ongoing Star Citizen/Squadron 42 content. The role demands ownership, strong scripting or coding skills, and the ability to meet tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• Previous industry experience within AAA titles with ownership of major features or missions.
• Strong understanding of visual scripting or coding fundamentals.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with Narrative to build engaging stories for mission and locations.
• Design, document and own features, mechanics, missions, systems, etc as necessary.
• Works in various in-house tools including Subsumption, a visual scripting editor to create logic for missions, systems and events.
• Works closely with various other departments to improve AI, gameplay, mechanics, tools which impact our work or ability to work.

Skills

AAA experience

Mission design

Visual scripting

Coding fundamentals

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Deadline management

Independent work

Relationship building

Tools

Subsumption

Job description

Cloud Imperium Games Limited in Manchester is seeking a Principal Mission Designer to help build the Persistent Universe. You will lead mission design, own features and systems, collaborate with Narrative and other departments, and mentor junior designers.

Work with Subsumption tooling, shape events and missions, and contribute to the ongoing Star Citizen/Squadron 42 content. The role demands ownership, strong scripting or coding skills, and the ability to meet tight deadlines.