Design: Senior Systems Designer

Unknown Worlds is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Designer to work on the next game in the Subnautica series. Our ideal candidate is a passionate game player and game creator. They are self directed, motivated and enjoy working with multidisciplinary highly collaborative teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design lead and feature teams to create and maintain core game systems. 
• Establish and maintain design documentation for systems across the project. 
• Shepherd and guide designs from paper to shipping.
• Manage overall game balance and in-game economies.
• Work across feature teams to ensure best design practices are being followed.

Qualifications

• Experience designing systems in a cross discipline development team.
• Extensive with game design principles, game balance, pacing and player motivations.
• Experience shipping at least 2 game titles in a design focused role.
• Excellent situational awareness and judgment, and the ability to demonstrate both qualities in high pressure situations.
• Selfmanager, capable of taking high level ideas and executing on them with limited guidance.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication. 
• Experience with project management software such as JIRA, Favro, Notion, and/or others.
• Deep understanding of the foundational elements of the survival game genre, with extensive knowledge of the Subnautica franchise.

Preferences

• Experience working on open world games in the survival-craft genre.
• Experience with Unreal Engine 5.
• Experience with open development or Early Access models engaging with large and active communities. 
• Scripting experience (in code, proprietary tools, or visual scripting languages)
• Experience working in an environment that stretches the designer outside their bounds, including experience with level, gameplay, or UX/UI design.