Senior Generalist & Physics Engineer

Stellar Entertainment; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid

Holiday accrual scheme

AAA game projects

Cutting-edge hardware

Discretionary bonus scheme

Private healthcare plan

Pension plan

Life assurance

Wellness support

Team incentives and social events

Job summary

Stellar Entertainment is seeking a Senior Generalist & Physics Engineer in Guildford to join our engineering team. You will work across gameplay, systems, engine and physics to optimise code for target platforms, and design vehicle-related systems to bring believability to our next-generation titles.

You will profile, benchmark and debug code, resolving bottlenecks and collaborating with designers and producers to tune handling.

Qualifications

• Senior C++ engineering role in the games industry (AAA or optimisation projects).
• Proficient in C++ and familiar with OO and data-oriented programming.

Responsibilities

• Work across gameplay, systems, engine and physics to optimise code for target platforms.
• Design and implement vehicle-related systems.
• Profile, benchmark, and optimise code across CPU.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Collaborate with designers and producers to tune handling feel.
• Work with platform engineers to exploit hardware capabilities and hit targets.
• Review and provide feedback on colleagues' code to maintain high engineering standards.
• Learn unfamiliar systems quickly and improve existing code.

Skills

Senior C++

C++

Game engines

3D maths & physics

Source control

Debugging

Team collaboration

Problem-solving

Communication

Tools

Git

SVN

Job description

The Studio

We are a video game development studio with offices in Guildford, UK and Utrecht, Netherlands. Sitting within the heart of thriving communities of game developers and publishers, we focus on quality and excellence, and our partners and players are always at the front of everything we do.

Games are not just about gameplay. We believe in the importance of balancing every single aspect of a game that you, as a player will interact with; what you see, how you play and how it makes you feel.

The Role

We have an opening for a Physics Engineer to join our rapidly growing team at Stellar Entertainment to work on an exciting new project.

If creating believable, physically accurate worlds pushing the next level of video games is your passion, then this role could be for you. Reporting to the Lead Physics Engineer and partnering with our Creative Director and gameplay teams, your code will create realism within our high-quality titles.

An exciting new project is taking shape at Stellar. You'll be joining a specialist team who are ready to explore technical innovations and optimisations.

As a Senior Generalist & Physics Engineer, you will:

• Work across a broad range of disciplines including gameplay, systems, engine and physics to successfully optimise code, ready for target platforms
• Design and implement vehicle-related systems
• Profiling, benchmarking, and optimising code across CPU
• Identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks
• Collaborating with designers and producers to tune handling feel
• Working with platform engineers to exploit hardware capabilities and hit performance targets across all target platforms
• Reviewing and providing feedback on colleagues' code, and contributing to a high engineering standard across the team
• Picking up unfamiliar systems quickly, getting up to speed, and leaving things better than you found them

Requirements

• Experience in a Senior C++ engineering role, in the games industry. Ideally this will be working on AAA or optimisation projects.
• Proficient in C++ and familiar with both object-oriented and data-oriented programming.
• Strong knowledge of game engines
• Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of 3D Maths and Physics.
• Experience with source control systems and collaborative development.
• Good problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication and team collaboration skills.
• Passion for video games and familiarity with various game genres.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working (we work 3 days per week on-site)
• Holiday Accrual Scheme
• International AAA game projects;
• Access to cutting-edge hardware;
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Private Healthcare Plan incl. Dental and Eye care
• Pension Plan
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme - Wellness Support
• Regular Team Incentives and Social Events

We’re on an important journey with our teammates, candidates and industry partners to tackle barriers to equality and promote diversity, inclusion and accessibility across the markets we work in. If you need any support during the interview process or any feedback on our processes, please let us know.

We're unfortunately unable to provide visa sponsorship or relocation support for this role, so you'll need to be based in the UK with the Right to Work here.