Technical Designer: VR Flight Simulator (UE5)

Side; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Regular progression opportunities

Job summary

Side is seeking a Technical Designer for an Unreal Engine 5 VR flight simulation project. You will drive technical gameplay implementation, with a focus on UI design and immersive player experiences.

Work in a multidisciplinary team to prototype, iterate, and refine gameplay systems, ensure performance, and produce design documentation and visual scripting solutions for scalable content creation.

Positions are project-based and may be amended or withdrawn as client priorities shift.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a Technical Designer on Unreal Engine projects.
• Advanced knowledge of Unreal Engine 5, including Blueprint scripting and bridging the gap between design and engineering teams.
• Experience prototyping and implementing gameplay features from concept through to production.
• Excellent communication and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams and contributing to technical decision‑making.
• Experience developing VR titles and understanding immersive experiences, with exposure to flight simulation or complex systemic gameplay.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement engaging gameplay systems within Unreal Engine 5, focusing on UI design and implementation.
• Prototype and iterate mechanics and player experiences for immersive VR flight simulation.
• Create technical design documentation, visual scripting solutions, and gameplay frameworks for scalable content creation.
• Identify design and implementation challenges and develop practical, high‑performance solutions across disciplines.

Skills

Unreal Engine

UI design

VR experience

Gameplay prototyping

Collaboration

Tools

Blueprint scripting

Job description

Side is seeking a Technical Designer for an Unreal Engine 5 VR flight simulation project. You will drive technical gameplay implementation, with a focus on UI design and immersive player experiences.

Work in a multidisciplinary team to prototype, iterate, and refine gameplay systems, ensure performance, and produce design documentation and visual scripting solutions for scalable content creation.

Positions are project-based and may be amended or withdrawn as client priorities shift.