Advanced Automation Engineer - American Football

Requisition Number: 185459

Position Title: Software Engineer III

External Description:

EA SPORTS is one of the leading sports entertainment brands in the world, with top-selling videogame franchises, award-winning interactive technology, fan programs, and cross-platform digital experiences. EA SPORTS creates connected experiences that ignite the emotion of sport through industry-leading sports video games, including Madden NFL football, EA Sports FC soccer, NHL® hockey, and EA SPORTS UFC.

The Advanced Automation Engineer will work on a game team and with Quality Engineering and other Game teams to create tools and technical strategies to improve automation. You will develop an in-depth understanding of product designs, use EA proprietary tools to create unique automated tests, form test strategies for implementation of technologies, and will think laterally to identify requirements, roadblocks, or efficiencies that your partners may not consider.

*Please note, this position will require an onsite (hybrid) presence in Orlando, FL*

Your Responsibilities:

• Develop automation frameworks, tools, engine components and processes for a multiplayer sports game.
• Use modern software engineering processes and best practices for requirements, design, implementation, and testing.
• You will work with all disciplines to gather requirements, collaborate on solutions, and implement.
• Measurably improve process and best practices to achieve targets across a small team of engineers.
• Create clear documentation to support workflow processes.
• Design, author, test, and deploy automated tests to cover all test scenarios.
• Interpret requests from your QA and engineering partners, account for and call out any roadblocks or efficiencies your partners may not consider and propose and apply your creative or technical solutions.
• Investigate and adopt new game technologies, practices, tools, and systems

Your Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent training and professional experience.
• 6+ years experience in software development with a strong C++ focus.
• Experience shipping a game
• Experience with AI and machine learning.
• Experience with Unreal, Unity or other advanced proprietary game engines.
• Experience developing in and debugging multi-threaded/concurrent architectures.
• Experience working with Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo game consoles.
• Experience with large scale game services
• Experience with Visual Studio and knowledge of the debugging tools.

Bonus:

• Experience with mobile development (iOS and Android).
• Experience shipping at least one AAA title with a significant automation contribution

 

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Company Profile:

We are a global team of creators, storytellers, technologists, experience originators, innovators and so much more. We believe amazing games and experiences start with teams as diverse as the players and communities we serve. At Electronic Arts, the only limit is your imagination.

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About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.

Days Open: 24

Can this position be remote?: 0

EEO Employer Verbiage:

About Electronic Arts

Everything we do is designed to inspire the world to play. Through our cutting-edge games, innovative services, and powerful technologies, we bring worlds with infinite possibilities to millions of players and fans around the globe.

We’re looking for collaborative and inclusive people with diverse perspectives who will enrich our culture and challenge us. We take a holistic approach with our benefits program, focusing on physical, emotional, financial, career, and community wellness to support our people through every chapter of life. We provide comprehensive benefit packages and support for a balanced life with paid time off and new parent leave, plus free games and so much more. Our goal is to provide a safe and respectful workplace that empowers you to thrive in both work and life.

Electronic Arts is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, genetic information, religion, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, family status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will also consider employment qualified applicants with criminal records in accordance with applicable law. EA also makes workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law.