Software Engineer

Requisition Number: 164270

Position Title: Software Engineer III

External Description:

We are Frostbite

Frostbite is EA’s state-of-the-art multi-platform game development engine. Our global team empowers game creators to shape the future of gaming by developing creative engine features and outstanding tools. We are honored to have thousands of game developers all over the world using Frostbite to create some of the most amazing games and player experiences in the industry.

The Challenge Ahead

Frostbite in Guildford is a growing team that plays a critical role in the engine that EA has developed to empower game makers in the company. We focus on building a world-class cross-platform physics engine and features that directly drive innovation in EA’s franchises such as FIFA, Dragon Age, and Battlefield. This is developed using an internal Open Source model that invites the company’s best engineers to contribute. 

We are looking for passionate, motivated, and talented Software Engineers to join our high caliber team in Frostbite UK. You would be working as part of a small team, directly engaged with game teams around the globe to deliver outstanding innovation and performance on PlayStation, Xbox, PC, iPhone, iPad, Android, and new platforms as they emerge. The role will enable you to grow your experience and skills as well as the opportunity to travel to other EA locations and work directly with studios around the globe.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate in a distributed team on the continued development of our collision, rigid body simulation, cloth, destruction, character physics, and other libraries.
• Develop tools, workflows, and user interfaces to empower game makers.
• Execute all aspects of software engineering including testing, debugging, documentation and optimization.
• Work closely with our customers to understand their needs and deliver on their highest priority features and requirements.
• Build up engineering skills and physics simulation knowledge with experienced team members.
• Participate in ensuring that our designs are simple and effective, backed up with great documentation (with the aim of accelerating ease of use and future maintenance)

Qualification:

• 2+ years of experience with C++
• Good understanding of numerical methods, simulation, and mathematics.
• Advanced background in real-time / time-critical systems & multiple hardware platforms – preferably game platform hardware.

Bonus Qualification (one or more is helpful):

• Great communication skills to be able to work with different team members and cells; to be able to communicate progress and results and participate effectively in technical and project discussions. 
• To be willing to learn and have a real desire to make an impact on EA games.
• Knowledge of game physics and animation
• WPF and other GUI design experience
• Graphics or Video experience e.g. Image Processing, codecs, OpenGL, Direct3D, DirectX, etc.
• Evidence of delivering tools and workflows at an enterprise-level e.g. using C# and WPF (or similar) to develop complex applications, and to empower content creators.
• Experience in Agile (Scrum) project management and software development methodology.

Please note that the nature of our business may require that certain aspects of this job description may be subject to modification and change during the individual's period of employment.

More about our location: https://www.ea.com/careers/careers-overview/guildford

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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. 是全球领先的互动娱乐软件公司。 EA 提供适用于联网主机、个人电脑、手机和平板电脑的游戏、内容和在线服务。

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Days Open: 137

Can this position be remote?: 1

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。