Technical Designer

1 Month ago • All levels

About the job

Summary_{By Outscal}

Technical Designer needed for game development at Next Level Games. Must have strong Maya, Python/PyMel, and communication skills. Experience with Houdini and Substance Painter/Designer is a plus.

STUDIO

Next Level Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd.

We’ve been passionate about video game development for 20 years now, shipping award-winning games for fans across the world and still going strong. Some of our titles include Super Mario Strikers, Mario Strikers Charged, Punch-Out!!, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Metroid Prime Federation Force, Luigi’s Mansion 3 and most recently Mario Strikers™: Battle League.

At NLG, we believe that a project finds success when we collaborate. Therefore, we place careful consideration to build an environment where everyone feels welcome and has fun in the process of achieving our shared goals.

TECHNICAL DESIGNER

We're looking for an experienced Technical Designer to join our team of passionate game developers. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Help establish and maintain level creation pipeline.
Serve as a bridge between the tech and design teams and provide support whenever necessary.
Interface with design and engineering teams to propose and support solutions to level specific features.
Design and promote shared tech solutions to gameplay and level needs.
Promote and maintain technical standards within performance budget constraints.
Liaises as a the technical expert with supporting departments.
Help test new features and tools and help provide feedback for possible improvements.
Ability to think about long term implications of tools and feature changes.
Help establish best practices and workflows for designers.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Strong communication skills 
Strong Maya skills 
Understanding of Python/PyMel 
Knowledge of C/C++, C#/.NET
Desire and ability to support content creators
Strong multi-discipline problem solving skills 
Works well in a multi-discipline team environment 
Organized and self-motivated

NICE TO HAVE :

Experience with Houdini
Substance Painter/Designer experience
Environment Art and Prop creation experience
Unreal/Unity experience

This is a hybrid position, requiring at least three days per week at our Vancouver studio.

The hiring range for this position is $72,000 - 109,000 CAD annual and is subject to change. The final base salary compensation will be based on factors such as skills, education, and experience. This position is also eligible for the benefits including discretionary performance bonus program, health benefits, and generous time-off.

We wish to thank all applicants in advance; however, only those under consideration will be contacted.

We are currently only considering applicants who already have work eligibility in Canada.

$57.6K - $87.2K/yr (Outscal est.)

$72.4K/yr avg.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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About The Company

Next Level Games

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Next Level Games is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd.

We’ve been passionate about video game development for 20 years now, shipping award-winning games for fans across the world and still going strong. Some of our titles include Super Mario Strikers, Mario Strikers Charged, Punch-Out!!, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Metroid Prime Federation Force, Luigi’s Mansion 3 and most recently Mario Strikers™: Battle League.