Sr Encounter Designer (Star Wars Jedi)

Electronic Arts; West Chatsworth (CA); Hybrid; USD 128,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

Electronic Arts is seeking an experienced Senior Encounter Designer to help craft memorable combat encounters for a Star Wars title. The 12-month contract role is onsite with hybrid options in California, focusing on implementing encounters in UE5 and collaborating closely with design, animation, code, and art teams.

The ideal candidate has 4+ years in games, strong scripting or programming skills, and a passion for building fun experiences within modern engine tools such as Unreal and Unity.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in the games industry as Scripter, Encounter/Level/Mission Designer and shipping at least one title.
• Experience with text-based scripting, visual scripting, and/or programming languages.
• Strong understanding of game engine tools and pipelines such as UE4/5, Unity, Maya.
• Collaborative team player with a passion for crafting fun gameplay encounters.

Responsibilities

• Work with Design, Animation, Code and Art to bring the Star Wars adventure to life.
• Create memorable Combat Encounters and own their technical implementation in UE5.
• Leverage AI to create moments that are greater than the sum of parts.
• Troubleshoot complex logic issues and design effective solutions.
• Be an expert on encounter/AI systems and mentor teammates.
• Direct impact on player experience through gameplay encounters.

Tools

UE4/UE5

Unity

Maya

Job description

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

Electronic Arts creates next-level entertainment experiences that inspire players and fans around the world. Here, everyone is part of the story. Part of a community that connects across the globe. A place where creativity thrives, new perspectives are invited, and ideas matter. A team where everyone makes play happen.

Founded in 2010 by the original creators of the Call of Duty Franchise, Respawn was created with the philosophy that when talented people have creative freedom, they'll make extraordinary games that achieve the unexpected. From our roots as an indie studio to joining the expansive roster of studios at Electronic Arts, this remains our guiding principle. We truly love what we do and want to share our passion with players worldwide.

Our shipped titles include critically acclaimed multi-platform games Apex Legends, Titanfall, Titanfall 2, Star Wars™ Jedi: Fallen Order, Star Wars™ Jedi: Survivor, and Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Encounter Designer who will embrace our philosophy and share his/her hard earned expertise to help us create an incredible experience for our players. Join us for the opportunity to create groundbreaking games with some of the best developer talent in the industry.

This is a 12-month contract working onsite at one of our offices in a hybrid role

What you'll do...

• Work with Design leadership, the Design team, Animation, Code, and Art departments to bring the next Star Wars adventure to life.
• Create memorable, imaginative, and challenging Combat Encounters and own their technical implementation in UE5.
• Leverage the AI cast to create moments and experiences that are more than a sum of their parts.
• Solve a variety of challenging technical and creative problems in an efficient manner.
• Become an expert on the inner-workings of the encounter and AI systems and an extremely helpful wealth of knowledge for other team members to query on the inner-workings of these systems.
• Track-down complicated logic issues and design effective solutions.
• Directly impact the player's moment to moment experience in a very tangible way!

Ideally, you'll have...

• 4+ years' experience in the games industry working as a Scripter, Encounter Designer, Level Designer or Mission Designer, shipping at least one title.
• Experience with text-based scripting, visual scripting, and/or programming languages.
• A passion for finding the fun and building gameplay driven encounters, moments and experiences.
• Strong understanding of game engine tools and pipelines such as UE4 / 5, Unity, Maya, etc.
• A team player-mindset, understanding the importance of collaboration, and able to communicate effectively with all disciplines and departments.
• A positive, solution-oriented attitude and passion about the play experience, with a wealth of knowledge across a wide range of games.
• Confidence you can solve any problem.

In addition to opportunities for creative impact and professional growth which come with being a member of our team, working at Respawn has many other perks and benefits! Learn more at respawn.com/perks .

Pay Transparency - North America

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

PAY RANGES

• British Columbia (depending on location e.g. Vancouver vs. Victoria) $114,300 - $156,200 CAD
• California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. San Francisco) $127,700 - $190,600 USD

Pay is just one part of the overall compensation at EA.

In the US, we offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to temporary full-time employees scheduled to work full time.

In Canada, we offer a package of benefits including vacation (3 weeks per year to start), 10 days per year of sick time, and extended health/dental/vision coverage and basic life insurance.