Senior Combat Designer - Warzone Systems Lead

Activision; Town of Middleton (WI); On-site; USD 82,000 - 152,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Activision Raven Software is seeking a Senior Combat Designer for Middleton, Wisconsin. You will balance and implement combat systems for Call of Duty: Warzone, collaborating with Designers, Engineers, Artists, Producers, and Animators to deliver well-balanced gameplay for seasonal content.

You will prototype, test, and refine weapons and combat mechanics, using scripting tools to iterate designs, and produce clear design documentation for internal and partner teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years in the games industry in a system design capacity.
• At least 3 shipped AAA/PC titles with 2 as a combat designer.
• Prior and current implementation experience with programming/scripting languages.
• Prior experience balancing combat system metas including weapons.
• Prior experience working on a games-as-a-service product.
• FPS experience.

Responsibilities

• Balance and maintain core player-facing combat systems for Warzone.
• Define vision and structure of proposed gameplay systems.
• Mentor junior team members to develop their skills.
• Implement and iterate combat mechanics using scripting tools.
• Create and maintain design documentation and guidelines.

Skills

FPS experience

Combat design

Systems design

Programming/scripting

Call of Duty Warzone

Team collaboration

Documentation writing

Mentoring

Tools

Confluence

PowerPoint

Excel

Visio

Word

Job description

Activision Raven Software is seeking a Senior Combat Designer for Middleton, Wisconsin. You will balance and implement combat systems for Call of Duty: Warzone, collaborating with Designers, Engineers, Artists, Producers, and Animators to deliver well-balanced gameplay for seasonal content.

You will prototype, test, and refine weapons and combat mechanics, using scripting tools to iterate designs, and produce clear design documentation for internal and partner teams.