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Game Automation Engineer - The Sims

Company

Maxis Studios - EA

Address Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Employment type FULL_TIME
Salary
Category IT Services and IT Consulting,Software Development,Computer Games
Expires 2023-06-03
Posted at 11 months ago
Job Description
Welcome to Maxis, home to tinkerers, craftspeople, & storytellers. Our drive is to inspire everyone to make a better world through creative play. As the developer of the Sims, we create games and experiences for millions of people around the world and are always looking for new ways to inspire our players. Maxis is a place where you can do what you love and help others grow while doing it; a place where your unique voice can be heard and seen. We put creativity and inclusivity at the core of our work and don’t settle for seeing the world only as it is, but strive to build a world as it could be. Read on to see how you can join our team and dream big.
Job Summary
Maxis is looking for a talented engineer that can amplify our ability to rapidly develop our games with the help of automation. This engineer will work with an experienced team that has collectively built almost all Maxis games in the past two decades. You will actively work with engineering, art, design, and quality verification groups to prototype and ship various features that expand the featureset of Sims games. Most of the work is expected to be done in Unreal Engine, both in C++ and blueprints.
As a Game Automation Engineer for a game at Maxis, you will
  • Implement quality control tools, test automation and analysis systems for various stages in the creation of a Sims game.
  • Be a critical partner to driving innovation in tools and processes to achieve the highest quality standards. Use appropriate programming and scripting languages to design, develop, and maintain automation test tools; statistical analysis and dashboards; and other tools that help drive quality in our products.
  • Author technical design documents detailing software requirements.
  • Demonstrate excellent technical problem-solving skills under iteratively changing requirements during game development.
  • Enable the designers, producers, artists, and other engineers.
Qualifications
Please note that you do not need to qualify for all requirements to be considered. We encourage you to apply if you can meet most of the requirements and are comfortable opening a dialog to be considered.
  • Hands-on experience with the automation frameworks for commercial game engines. E.g. Unreal Engine’s Gauntlet, Unity Automation Framework.
  • Demonstrate technical abilities with large projects implemented in C++.
  • Demonstrate impact of past projects in game or tools automation.
  • Experience developing for large-scale live products. Products that constantly update to provide higher quality, and feature set to expand the possibilities in the game.
  • Hands on experience building and shipping AAA games in Unreal engine.
  • Experience with building test strategies for web, mobile, or software products.
  • Experience working in highly collaborative environments with multidisciplinary roles beyond engineering like design, production, art and product management.
  • A strong understanding of testing methodologies.
  • 3+ year experience in a hands-on development role.
  • Experience with Windows platform and development tools.
  • Experience working with and/or setting up device farms for software testing at scale.
  • Bachelor/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.
  • Experience with web, database and automation technologies.
Pluses
  • Experience using static and performance analysis tools, automated testing, unit testing, and configuration management processes.
  • Demonstrable experience showcasing the customer focus to network successfully across a large number of game development roles, to build and maintain excellent relationships and communications channels.
  • Demonstrate experience working in large data-driven games or applications.
  • Experience with cross platform automation (PC, console, mobile).
  • Experience with Appium or Selenium framework.
  • Experience with build automation systems like Jenkins.
  • Experience developing in C# and Python.
  • Experience optimizing performance and memory of real time applications (like games).
  • Experience developing for both PC and Mobile platform games.
Us Compensation And Benefits
The base salary ranges listed below are for the defined geographic market pay zones in these states. If you reside outside of these locations, a recruiter will advise on the base salary range and benefits for your specific location.
EA has listed the base salary ranges it in good faith expects to pay applicants for this role in the locations listed, as of the time of this posting. Salary offered will be determined based on numerous relevant business and candidate factors including, for example, education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, and business or organizational needs.
BASE SALARY RANGES
  • $114,200 - $166,200
  • Colorado (depending on location e.g. Denver vs. Colorado Springs):
  • Washington (depending on location e.g. Seattle vs. Spokane):
  • $99,900 - $168,400
  • $99,900 - $166,200
  • $99,900 - $141,800
  • California (depending on location e.g. Los Angeles vs. Sacramento):
  • New York (depending on location e.g. Manhattan vs. Buffalo):
  • $131,600 - $168,400
  • Jersey City, NJ:
Base salary is just one part of the overall compensation at EA. We also offer a package of benefits including paid time off (3 weeks per year to start), 80 hours per year of sick time, 16 paid company holidays per year, 10 weeks paid time off to bond with baby (following 1 year of service), medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.