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Senior Physics Programmer
1 year ago
Senior physics programmers are responsible for designing, implementing and tuning game physics systems with minimal guidance, and providing technical support and mentoring to more junior members of staff. The Senior Physics Programmer will report to a lead programmer in the code team.
Senior physics programmers will also be proactive in dealing with other disciplines to resolve problems quickly and elicit clear requirements and translate them into flexible reusable solutions. As well as solving challenging new technical problems, a senior physics programmer will have an excellent understanding of best-practice and standard techniques within game physics and will keep up to date on innovations within the industry. The role will also involve educating and advising users of the game physics systems in order to help them create high quality physics assets for the game.
Responsibilities
- Deliver high quality game physics systems using appropriate levels of abstraction
- Identify and debug technical problems quickly and efficiently
- Prioritise, plan and manage the time of assigned tasks with minimal oversight
- Help define the technical direction and develop innovative solutions for difficult physics problems
- Help mentor junior members of the physics programming team, and communicate clearly with other team members and teams with minimal external help
- Help educate and support other teams to correctly and efficiently use physics systems
- Use appropriate data structures and algorithms to maximize efficiency (for both development time and runtime performance)
- Be vigilant for and report new problems, delays and risks to the appropriate lead/director
- Request support from higher levels when required
Requirements
- Strong C++ programming and debugging skills
- Excellent practical understanding of physics concepts
- Understanding of the performance trade-offs for physics systems
- Experience with PhysX or an equivalent physics middleware solution
- Able to tune physics systems based on high level design input with minimal assistance
- Strong communication skills, and comfortable working across teams and mentoring staff.
- Extensive algorithm and data structure skills (including time and space complexity and real world vs theoretical performance)
- Able to understand and utilize multi-threading primitives
- Able to understand and utilize high level networking concepts
- Capable of reading and quickly understanding complex code
- Self-motivated and driven to creatively solve problems.
- Able to plan the work to build an entire sub-system including external dependencies with minimal input
- Videogame programming experience on physics systems, including having shipped at least one AAA PC/console title
Our Global Benefits & Perks
- Unlimited coaching & therapy — with Oliva, to support your mental health
- £500 annual Learning Budget — to spend on Learnerbly
- Stock Options — everyone owns a piece of our success
- Compassionate Leave — regardless of who it is, whether you’ve miscarried, or a lost a pet, you don’t need to tell us why
- Birthday Present — £150 voucher or a charity donation
- Birthday Day off — to celebrate your birthday away from work each year
- Caregiver Leave — up to 5 days each year to support your loved ones
- New baby gift — £250 toward a meal delivery or cleaning service
- Remote Working Budget – for remote workers to get out of the house
- Pension scheme — to finance those golden years
- Socials —office & remote events, play sessions and company-wide parties
- And even more benefits based on your location!
If you’re based in the UK
- 29 Annual Leave + 3 bank holidays - we’re flexible with most bank holidays so you can use the time to celebrate what’s important to you
- Long Service Days - 2 extra days added on your 2nd & 4th anniversaries with us.
- Private Medical Insurance - full cover with AXA
- Healthcare Cash Plan - Level 3 cover with Medicash
- Enhanced Family Leave - Primary caregivers; 13 weeks full pay, 13 weeks half pay, Secondary caregivers; 2 weeks full pay
- Cycle2Work Scheme - lease a bike through us and save on tax too!
- Electric Car Charging - electric car charging at our Port office in Edinburgh, Scotland.
About us
Build A Rocket Boy is developing EVERYWHERE; an experience with a breadth of unimaginable gameplay adventure.
We are a mix of industry leading veterans whose credits include some of the best selling and most loved games of all time. We’re a creative digital entertainment studio with an open and progressive methodology, dedicated to delivering games of the highest calibre possible.If you want to feel comfortable, inspired, and appreciated in your work pursuits then come join us. We have offices in Edinburgh and Budapest and are happy to sponsor your relocation to one of these cities.
If you want to feel comfortable, inspired, and appreciated in your work pursuits then come join us. We have offices in Edinburgh, Budapest and consider WFH candidates.
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