Description:

Harmonix has an immediate opening for an ambitious, passionate and highly experienced Graphics Engineer who will work closely with our world-class artists to bring their work to life on brand new IP and next-generation consoles. With input from team engineers, artists, and designers, the Graphics Engineer will implement cutting edge graphics technology, contributing to our cross-platform engine.

Responsibilities:

• Implement innovative graphics technology and art pipelines, consulting with team engineers and content creators.

• Deliver analysis and optimization solutions for performance bottlenecks.

• Write well architected, robust maintainable code that meets the coding standards of all platforms with an eye towards reusability for multiple games.

Requirements:

• 5+ years industry experience.

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

• C/C++ proficiency and design skills.

• Strong understanding of 3D graphics principles, techniques, and hardware.

• Experience writing shaders (HLSL/Cg) with a strong understanding of low level shader architecture.

• Creative, focused, results-oriented, self-motivated, resourceful problem solver with excellent debugging and strong communication skills.

Pluses:

• Passionate player of games with an ability to analyze competitive products.

• Designed and implemented (or maintained) a full featured Renderer for a published AAA game.

• Built and implemented own engine.

This job listing originated on Gamasutra.com, the game industry's leader.

BS in Computer Science or related field

Proficiency in C/C++

Broad knowledge of 3D graphics principles and techniques