Senior Technical Combat Designer (Hybrid, AAA)

Blizzard Entertainment in; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 87,310,000 - 161,466,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Relocation assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is seeking a Technical Combat Designer to drive the design and implementation of enemy NPCs and combat encounters across a hybrid work setup, with potential Irvine, CA home studio.

You will build custom behaviors, tune attacks and abilities, and collaborate with art and engineering to polish enemies for engaging, fun gameplay. The role requires 5+ years in combat or systems design, scripting experience, and strong communication to work with multiple disciplines and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in combat or systems design.
• Experience designing systems and encounters from conception to implementation.
• Experience scripting for game development; comfortable creating prototypes from scratch.
• Comfortable working with basic 3D math concepts like vectors and rotations.
• Proactive and effective communicator, passionate about making great games.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement exciting gameplay on a AAA title.
• Push forward development on enemies and encounters - from ideation, through prototyping, to final best-in-class execution.
• Leverage technical expertise to implement combat systems.
• Collaborate with multiple disciplines, ensuring partners are involved and informed throughout development.

Skills

Combat design

System design

Scripting

3D math

Communication

Tools

Blueprint

AI behavior trees

Job description

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is seeking a Technical Combat Designer to drive the design and implementation of enemy NPCs and combat encounters across a hybrid work setup, with potential Irvine, CA home studio.

You will build custom behaviors, tune attacks and abilities, and collaborate with art and engineering to polish enemies for engaging, fun gameplay. The role requires 5+ years in combat or systems design, scripting experience, and strong communication to work with multiple disciplines and