Job Title:

• Expert Animation Engineer - Infinity Ward

Requisition ID:

• R024307

Job Description:

Founded in 2002, Infinity Ward is the original studio behind the Call of Duty® franchise. The titles developed by Infinity Ward have won more than 200 "Game of the Year" awards and 100 "Editor's Choice" awards. Some previous titles include: Call of Duty®: Ghosts, Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare, and Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare II.

Infinity Ward is a critically acclaimed studio with a relaxed, yet diligent, workplace environment. Infinity Ward is wholly owned by Activision. To learn more about our studio, visit https://www.infinityward.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/InfinityWard/ or follow @InfinityWard on Twitter.

Hiring in Los Angeles, CA (Relocation required)

Infinity Ward is looking for a dedicated Expert Animation Engineer with a strong interest in crafting high fidelity, scalable animation systems and behaviors. From sophisticated gunplay and locomotion to solidifying our characters in the environments they inhabit, the successful candidate will tackle a wide variety of engineering challenges to deliver believability and style across diverse situations and gamemodes.

Responsibilities:

• Work with animators and other engineers to design, prototype, and implement new features to continuously improve character fidelity and believability at increasing scale and complexity.
• Develop and upgrade workflows to allow efficient building, improvement and debugging of animation behaviors by animators and engineers alike.
• Support and proactively collaborate with team members at Activision studios across the world.

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional programming experience with a focus on skeletal animation.
• Proficiency in C/C++ in multithreaded environments.
• Strong 3D math and linear algebra.

Bonus Points:

• Experience programming on multiple game consoles.
• Experience with first-person shooters and multiplayer action games.

Company:

Activision Blizzard, Inc. is one of the world's largest interactive entertainment companies and is home to franchises including Call of Duty®, World of Warcraft®, Overwatch®, Diablo®, Candy Crush™, and Bubble Witch™.

Activision Blizzard provides a suite of benefits that promote physical, emotional and financial well-being. Eligibility and specific offerings may vary by role and location.

Activision Blizzard is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.

Rewards & Benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision, health savings account or health reimbursement account, healthcare spending accounts, dependent care spending accounts, life and AD&D insurance, disability insurance.
• 401(k) with Company match, tuition reimbursement, charitable donation matching.
• Paid holidays and vacation, paid sick time, floating holidays, compassion and bereavement leaves, parental leave.
• Mental health & wellbeing programs, fitness programs, free and discounted games, and other voluntary benefit programs (supplemental life & disability, legal service, ID protection, rental insurance, and others).
• Relocation assistance may be available if the Company requires you to move geographic locations for the job.

Eligibility to participate in benefits may vary for part time and temporary full-time employees and interns.

Compensation:

In the U.S., the standard base pay range for this role is 121,500.00 - 224,880.00 Annual. These values reflect the expected base pay range of new hires across all U.S. locations. Specific offers will be based on experience, performance, and work location. In addition to base pay, employees in this role may be eligible for incentive compensation (not guaranteed). New hire compensation is negotiable.