[IT Jobs]

subject: Lead Engineer , Wideload Games

Wideload Games is looking for Lead Engineer
duration - Full Time

Job details: Lead Engineer Wideload is looking for a lead engineer to help us create innovative and exciting next-gen titles.

Duties:

Enhancing licensed game engines
Developing new technologies
Designing asset pipelines and tools
Writing technical design documentation

Leadership duties include:

Communicating with art and design to establish technical requirements
Taking final responsibility for high-level technical design
Scheduling and managing the engineering team to bring that design to a shippable state
Prioritizing resources to make the best use of time when the schedule gets tight

Qualifications:

Must have worked through the entire cycle of a published console game -- at least one shipped PS2/Xbox/Gamecube title in a lead role
Understanding of games industry
Loves games
Strong mathematics background: analytic geometry, linear algebra, calculus, numerical analysis, discrete math, etc...
Strong CS background: data-driven design, abstraction, algorithm design, optimization, systems, etc...
Extensive experience with C/C++ programming
OpenGL, DirectX or equivalent graphics programming
Strong leadership and communication skills including face-to-face collaboration with non-programmers
Experience with Unreal (2/3) a plus

Two years hands-on experience in one or more of the following specializations:

Network synchronization for FPS or other fast-pace gameplay
Second-generation vertex/pixel-shading pipelines
Top-level asset loading/streaming frameworks
Scene graphs and spatial partitioning
Large-scale technical design experience: must have ownership of a major system in a shipped title

Please submit your resume to jobs at wideload dot com with "Lead Engineer" in the subject line.
Location: Chicago, IL, United States

Contact info:
E-mail: jobs@wideload.com