Physics Lead

For more than twenty years Criterion Games has entertained millions of players around the world with our award-winning games. Our experienced people have expressed their passion for phenomenal game feel, AAA audio-visual quality, and technical innovation across many beloved franchises including Burnout, Battlefield, Star Wars Battlefront and Need for Speed.

We believe that healthy, engaged teams make great games, so we place enormous value on collaboration, fresh ideas, and unique perspectives. We'd love to hear yours! Crunch doesn't help make a better game. We don't do it. For the sixth year in a row, we are very proud to have been recognised by gamesindustry.biz as one of the best places to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Reporting to the Technical Director, you will work with the handling designers to iterate and refine the existing NFS vehicle handling.
• Coordinate with the game designers to build new gameplay modes that require physics input and layers of assists on top of the underlying simulation.
• Work with Frostbite Physics engineers to help guide the Physics engine to best support the NFS franchise long-term vision.
• Develop the skills and careers of the more junior members of your team.
• Further develop interactive physics-based objects in an open world.
• Oversee the physics simulation performance alongside other physics systems such as collision responses or damage.

Qualifications

• 5+ years software engineering experience working on shipped titles.
• C++ game engine knowledge.
• Physics knowledge applied to game worlds is advantageous.