Remote Senior Combat Designer

Summary

Join Cloud Chamber as a Senior AI Designer to craft cutting-edge AI characters and combat gameplay for the next BioShock game. Collaborate with a talented team, pitch and develop interactive AI, and build prototypes of combat scenarios. Maintain and tune AI behavior, create design documentation, and participate in brainstorming sessions. This fully remote role requires experience shipping at least one AAA title with AI combatant responsibility and 5+ years of professional video game design experience. Cloud Chamber offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a collaborative work environment.

Requirements

• Shipped at least one AAA title as a designer responsible for AI combatants
• 5+ years professional experience in video game design
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working with a variety of established game toolsets
• Deep understanding of game mechanics, combat systems, and AI NPC design
• Fluent with game development tools, and experience with pipelines, standards and workflows
• Experience working in a collaborative environment with cross disciplinary groups
• Strong presentation skills
• Current knowledge of gaming industry development landscape, technology and tools
• Understanding of how AI, tactical space, and player verbs combine to create magic in both scripted and unscripted settings
• Extensive knowledge of behavior trees in Unreal Engine 5
• In-depth knowledge of industry standard AI, progression systems, and player mechanics features

Responsibilities

• Work with the Leads, Design Director, and the design team to pitch and develop interactive AI characters and execute the vision for the game
• Act as the primary owner of AI and combat implementation in cross-disciplinary pods
• Develop working prototypes of AI and combat scenarios
• Communicate progress, workflows and availability of AI and combat standards to content developers
• Maintain and tune assigned combat AI behavior and parameters through to project completion
• Create detailed and easy to follow design documentation
• Expand and build on the ideas of player expression and emergent design experiences
• Use your creativity to execute on design goals and solve design challenges that push our games forward
• Participate in brainstorm sessions, refine, and execute on ideas within a schedule
• Collaborate with cross disciplinary teams to execute on design implementation and problem solving

Benefits

• Competitive salary (ranges specified for Colorado, California, New York State, and Washington)
• Bonus and/or equity awards
• 401(K) plan
• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• 14 paid holidays per calendar year
• Minimum 15 days of vacation leave per year (subject to proration)
• 10 sick days per calendar year
• Fully remote role