Game Developer Los Angeles, United States

Game Developer

Game Developer is needed in Los Angeles, United States.

Responsibilities

  • Work with our robotic hardware development kit and port our python demo to Unity
  • Perform on-site tests in Pasadena or Torrence every 1-2 weeks
  • Work with an artist / animator and audio designer to elevate the core gaming experience with visuals and audio that respond to real world interactions between the RC car and the physical environment (RC car crashes into wall, windshield “breaks” with animation and sound)
  • Ensure the performance, quality, and responsiveness of the demo

Desired Skills and Experience

  • 5 years of overall software development experience
  • 3+ years’ development experience for Unity applications
  • Knowledge of python
  • Strong knowledge of Unity, including experience with scripting
  • Strong knowledge with Object-Oriented Programming (C#)
  • Proficient with Git (Gitlab/Github)
  • Up-to-date with the latest gaming trends, techniques, best practices and technologies
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Detail-oriented with the ability to think critically when solving problems
  • Bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent experience

One or more of these is a plus

  • AAA title experience
  • Experience with hardware and embedded software
  • Experience with RC Cars and/or Drone Racing
  • Familiarity with gStreamer
  • Familiarity with real-time control data communication in Unity via UDP/TCP or other wireless protocols as applied to Unity applications
  • Mobile development experience (iOS/Android)
  • Experience in C++
  • Experience in robotics & computer vision (marker recognition, SLAM)

About the Platform
You will work with our proprietary AR SUPERCARS. These prototype high-tech RC cars support low-latency wireless streaming video, remote control, telemetry streaming and computer vision. Think of our hardware as advanced drone on wheels.

The cars are controlled by professional race car simulators (as well as traditional USB compliant game controllers). The race car simulators have full motion control setups that respond to car sensors.

Contract and Future Opportunities

  • Depending on your skills and availability this will take 4-8 weeks
  • Successful candidates will be offered follow-on work as the company ramps up sales

Job Type

  • Contract

Salary

  • $35.00 to $85.00 /hour

Experience

  • Unity: 3 years (Required)

Location

  • Los Angeles, CA (Required)

Contract Length

  • 2 months or less
  • 3 - 4 months

Contract Renewal

  • Likely

Schedule

  • Monday to Friday

Are you looking to pay or is this a collaboration?
Pay to hire someone

Is this ongoing work or a one off job?
Ongoing work

How would you prefer to pay?
Hourly rate

What’s your hourly rate budget range? (USD)
$75-100 (Senior)

Do you have an estimate of the job or project length?
A few months

Are you a company or individual hiring?
Company

Do you have internal sign off on the hire?
Yes

Do you need to hire for a specific city, country or place?
Yes, they need to be at a location (give location in job title)

When do you want to have the freelancer secured by?
2-3 weeks

What is most important for this job?
Quality

How many freelancers do you want to contact you?
4-5

Do you have a job specification or creative brief?
Yes (please enter this in the description)

Does the freelancer need insurance?
Yes

Where did you find Twine?
You contacted me

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- Email
- WhatsApp
- Phone

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Posted 4 years ago
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