Senior AI Designer: NPC Behavior & Systems

SussexDigital; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Hangar 13 / 2K in Brighton is seeking a Senior AI Designer to own the design and implementation of complex AI behaviours for combat and non-combat NPCs, from prototype through shipping.

You’ll collaborate across engineering, animation and gameplay to tune AI systems, design new archetypes and ensure behaviours clearly communicate AI intent to players, with documentation and testing feedback.

Qualifications

• Experience with advanced AI systems such as Behaviour Trees or State Trees in a live environment.
• Proven record of designing and shipping complex combat and non-combat NPC behaviours.
• Strong cross-disciplinary collaboration skills and a history of driving consensus.
• Experience working with Unreal Engine and shipping AAA game titles in an AI design role.

Responsibilities

• Own feature development, design and implementation of complex AI behaviours and systems.
• Work on combat and non-combat NPCs from prototype through shipping.
• Design new character archetypes and their associated abilities and logic.
• Collaborate across engineering, animation and gameplay to tune AI systems and player encounters.
• Design behaviours that clearly communicate AI intention to players.
• Review feedback from team members and external user testing to refine the AI experience.
• Create and maintain design documentation for owned features and core AI systems.

Skills

AI Systems

Behaviour Trees

State Trees

Unreal Engine

Cross-disciplinary Collaboration

AAA Titles Experience

Tools

Unreal Engine

Job description

Hangar 13 / 2K in Brighton is seeking a Senior AI Designer to own the design and implementation of complex AI behaviours for combat and non-combat NPCs, from prototype through shipping.

You’ll collaborate across engineering, animation and gameplay to tune AI systems, design new archetypes and ensure behaviours clearly communicate AI intent to players, with documentation and testing feedback.