Senior Combat Designer / Concepteur·rice sénior·e combat

- Work with Leads, Design Director, and the design team to pitch and develop interactive AI characters and execute the game's vision. - Act as the primary owner of AI and combat implementation in cross-disciplinary pods. - Develop working prototypes of AI and combat scenarios. - Communicate progress, workflows, and availability of AI and combat standards to content developers. - Maintain and tune assigned combat AI behavior and parameters through to project completion. - Create detailed and easy-to-follow design documentation. - Collaborate across development sites in Novato and Montreal on a day-to-day basis. - Expand and build on the ideas of player expression and emergent design experiences. - Use creativity to execute on design goals and solve design challenges that push games forward. - Participate in brainstorm sessions, refine, and execute on ideas within a schedule. - Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to execute on design implementation and problem solving. - Shipped at least one AAA title as a designer responsible for AI combatants. - 5+ years professional experience in video game design. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. - Experience working with a variety of established game toolsets. - Proven ability to collaborate effectively within cross-disciplinary groups and across multi-site team settings. - Deep understanding of game mechanics, combat systems, and AI NPC design. - Fluent with game development tools, and experience with pipelines, standards and workflows. - Strong presentation skills. - Current knowledge of gaming industry development landscape, technology and tools. - Understanding of how AI, tactical space, and player verbs combine to create magic in both scripted and unscripted settings. - In-depth knowledge of industry standard AI, progression systems, and player mechanics features. - Proficiency in French (for Quebec candidates). - Proficiency in English (for Quebec candidates).