Senior Warzone Combat Designer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401k with match

Paid time off

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Raven Software in Middleton, Wisconsin, seeks a Senior Combat Designer to develop, implement, and balance the player-facing combat systems for Call of Duty: Warzone. Lead with the combat team to deliver high-quality, well-balanced gameplay for seasonal content.

You will collaborate across Designers, Engineers, Artists, Producers, and Animators, owning design direction and ensuring timely, polished results in a fast-paced studio environment

Qualifications

• 8+ years in the games industry in a system design capacity.
• At least 3 shipped titles in AAA/PC 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 to ensure engagement and balance.
• Define vision and structure of proposed gameplay systems, aligned with game experience, mechanics and pacing.
• Mentor junior team members to develop skills and contributions; establish high-quality workflows.

Skills

FPS experience

Systems design

Communication skills

Balancing combat systems

Mentoring teammates

Tools

Confluence

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

Visio

Job description

Raven Software in Middleton, Wisconsin, seeks a Senior Combat Designer to develop, implement, and balance the player-facing combat systems for Call of Duty: Warzone. Lead with the combat team to deliver high-quality, well-balanced gameplay for seasonal content.

You will collaborate across Designers, Engineers, Artists, Producers, and Animators, owning design direction and ensuring timely, polished results in a fast-paced studio environment