Senior Systems Designer—Factory Automation (Unreal, Remote)

tobspr Games; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote

40h/week

Flexible hours

Book & training budget

Hardware & home office budget

Yearly on-site team events

Salary adjustment 2% per year

Job Ticket (if live in Germany)

Job summary

tobspr Games, a small remote studio based in Germany, is hiring a Principal Systems Designer for a new 3D factory game built in Unreal Engine. You will own core systems, prototype and tune them, and work directly with the Game Director to implement a cohesive gameplay loop with hundreds of hours of play.

You will lead design work from the ground up, collaborate across disciplines, and potentially build a small design team. CET-compatible hours apply.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional game design experience with a focus on systems design.
• At least one shipped title where you owned major systems (systemic game such as sim/strategy).
• You enjoy factory/automation games and know why players invest hours.
• Think in systems: feedback loops, dependencies, scaling, emergent behaviour.

Responsibilities

• Design the core systems of the game: production chains, resources, logistics, progression and economy.
• Break down high-level mechanics into actionable steps for the team.
• Prototype and tune systems yourself using spreadsheets, simulations, and Blueprints.
• Write and maintain clear design docs aligned with in-game systems.
• Collaborate daily with programmers, artists and production to prevent drift.
• Bring structure to design work: priorities, open questions, decisions and reasons.
• Act as sparring partner for the Game Director; offer alternatives and critique.
• Later lead a small design team to shape studio design processes.

Skills

Systems design

Unreal Engine

English communication

Remote collaboration

Prototype & test ideas

Tools

Unreal Engine

Blueprints

C++

Job description

tobspr Games, a small remote studio based in Germany, is hiring a Principal Systems Designer for a new 3D factory game built in Unreal Engine. You will own core systems, prototype and tune them, and work directly with the Game Director to implement a cohesive gameplay loop with hundreds of hours of play.

You will lead design work from the ground up, collaborate across disciplines, and potentially build a small design team. CET-compatible hours apply.