Senior Game AI Designer - Remote, High-Mobility Action

Escapevelocityentertainmentinc; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO allowance

Studio closure holidays

Medical & Dental care

Mental Health support

Wellbeing allowance

Studio bonus

Home tech

Regional benefits

Job summary

Escape Velocity seeks a Senior AI Designer to join our fully remote team and help craft ground-breaking player experiences. You will design enemies, write specs, and work with designers and engineers on NPCs, scripting, and behavior trees.

The role requires 5+ years in game design or AI development, strong Unreal Engine expertise, and advanced blueprint scripting. You will collaborate with producers to plan work and analyze data to improve AI systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional game design or AI game development experience.
• Technical expertise in Unreal and/or equivalent AAA game engines.
• Senior-level proficiency in blueprint scripting and AI behaviour trees.

Responsibilities

• Create exciting new enemies for a high-mobility action game.
• Create design specs and technical documents.
• Collaborate on NPC creation, scripting, and behaviour trees with designers and engineers.
• Plan future work with producers and identify dependencies.
• Analyze user data, feedback, and heatmaps to evaluate AI performance.
• Pitch detailed new AI designs to leads and directors.

Skills

AI design

Unreal Engine

Blueprint scripting

Communication

Education

Game design background or programming

Tools

Unreal Engine

Job description

Escape Velocity seeks a Senior AI Designer to join our fully remote team and help craft ground-breaking player experiences. You will design enemies, write specs, and work with designers and engineers on NPCs, scripting, and behavior trees.

The role requires 5+ years in game design or AI development, strong Unreal Engine expertise, and advanced blueprint scripting. You will collaborate with producers to plan work and analyze data to improve AI systems.