Lead Systems Designer - Shape Core Gameplay & Mentor Team

insomniac; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Insomniac is seeking a Senior Systems Designer to lead the systems design discipline for a large-scale game production. You will guide a small team of Systems Designers, while staying hands-on with gameplay systems to ensure high-quality design on schedule.

You will partner with programming, mission design, project management and creative leadership to translate design goals into polished in-game experiences and maintain design standards across the project.

Qualifications

• Experience leading systems design for a substantial game project.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Systems Designers; participate in hiring, onboarding and performance management.
• Design, prototype, implement, iterate and polish systems such as player mechanics, progression, economies and game balance.
• Collaborate with gameplay programmers and other teams to realize system designs.
• Plan systems design schedules, priorities, milestones, and staffing with project management.
• Review ongoing work, collect feedback, drive iteration and maintain quality targets.
• Create design documentation, tutorials, standards and metrics to support consistent systems.

Skills

Leadership of systems design

Mentoring and coaching

Cross-functional communication

Prototyping and iteration

Project planning and staffing

Tools

Maya

Level editing tools

Scripting in game engine

Microsoft Office

Unreal/Unity Blueprint scripting

Job description

Insomniac is seeking a Senior Systems Designer to lead the systems design discipline for a large-scale game production. You will guide a small team of Systems Designers, while staying hands-on with gameplay systems to ensure high-quality design on schedule.

You will partner with programming, mission design, project management and creative leadership to translate design goals into polished in-game experiences and maintain design standards across the project.