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Lead AI Engineer

Overview

Arkane Austin is looking for a Lead AI Engineer to join us and lead a team of talented engineers in developing AAA games for PC and console systems. Our emergent gameplay style and immersive simulation leads to a lot of challenges. As a Lead AI Engineer, you will split your time between guiding a team of engineers solving those challenges while also contributing to the engineering development effort.

*Position based in Austin, TX. Will consider remote.

Responsibilities

• Report to the Director of Engineering and manage a team of engineers whose responsibilities include the design, implementation, and maintenance of AI related systems and features
• Work closely with production and design teams to provide feedback on feature design work
• Work closely with production staff and other team leads to plan and schedule work for your team
• Contribute as an active member of the engineering team
• Work with the team to identify, plan and execute optimizations to AI systems
• Mentor AI team engineers

Qualifications

• Computer Science degree or equivalent degree and/or experience
• At least 5 years of game industry experience, with at least 3 years as a Lead Engineer or higher managing a team of engineers
• Substantial work on at least one, two preferred, shipped AAA multi-platform games
• Excellent C++ language and design skills
• Cross-platform experience (PC, Consoles)
• Familiarity with modern AI systems and architectures
• Familiarity with navigation, locomotion, animation, collision, and physics systems
• Excellent delegation skills and ability to empower others on the team
• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to accurately estimate schedules and deliver high quality work products to that schedule
• Experience with real-time concurrent systems is a plus
• Experience with network and online features is a plus
• Must be a self-motivated and energetic team player with a very strong work ethic and cooperative attitude

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