Electronic Arts

We are Frostbite

Frostbite is EA's state-of-the-art multi-platform game development engine, powering games such as EA SPORTS FC, Madden, Battlefield, Need for Speed and Skate. Join us in driving the next evolution in games.

What does a Technical Designer do?

As a Technical Game Designer, you will be a member of the Frostbite Technical Art Team and report to the Technical Art & Design Manager. You will directly contribute to and push the boundaries of the newest game scripting tools and workflows that Frostbite releases to game teams. You'll help make our development process more creator-centric by serving as a link between engineers and game creators.

You Will

• Use your technical and game design expertise to provide a range of game and content scripting solutions with Frostbite's visual scripting tool
• As a Technical Game Designer on the Frostbite team you will collaborate directly with Product and Engineering team members to improve the usability of content workflows and help steer the design of new features.
• As a Technical Game Designer, you will collaborate with other Technical Designers across multiple game teams to understand their production needs, address feature and workflow challenges, and help identify necessary improvements for future development. Your expertise and contributions will directly influence the outcomes of all games using the Frostbite engine.

You Will Need

• 5+ years of experience with visual scripting gameplay systems
• Understand the fundamentals of game design system, world building tools and how visual scripting solutions provide solutions for these toolsets
• Experience with Unity, Unreal or other similar game engines
• Shipped 2 + games

Bonus

• Experience helping others achieve their best through game development tools
• Experience with a diversity of content creation tools within a game engine
• Knowledge of Lua, Python or other scripting languages
• Comfortable engaging and building relationships with multiple teams and individuals globally