TECHNICAL DESIGNER - Game Design

We are DICE
DICE (EA Digital Illusions Creative Entertainment), the award-winning studio based in Stockholm, Sweden, is best known for creating the phenomenally successful Battlefield franchise, the Battlefront franchise, and the innovative game Mirror’s Edge.
We work through our 4 guiding values: Passion with Purpose, Creative Innovation, Everything Quality, and One Community. We recognise that our people are the backbone and driving force to our creative products. As such, we are dedicated in providing everyone the ability to express, learn, and be their very best with a common cause.
Supports the team and helps the designers with practical implementation and follows through on the Technical Design Direction and the Creative Direction. Helps the wider design team with technical solutions in the engine, workflows and tools.
Responsibilities
Must speak up and communicate any concerns regarding a potential mismatch between goals and practical reality. Eg. Can this be done? How hard is it?
Implement and/or design systems, solutions or workflows that can be used by other designers
Set best practices and guidelines for content implementation on the project. For the designers to craft with efficiency, and being mindful of performance constraints.
Review and evaluate performance and memory budgets across the board
Provide technical feedback to the designers
Introduce new designers to the engine

Typical Tasks
Identify problems and find solutions
Support and guide other team members, first point of escalation for designers
Research and develop workflows, best practices by investigating undocumented systems and setting up documentation / example data
Maintain systems or solutions during production
Review design, content and the game to ensure consistency, quality and compliance with performance goals, memory budgets and standards
Review bugs to stay on top of any issues
Could be responsible for a specific area, UI, game modes, AI
Often implement scripting or game design work when needed during parts of production


Requirements
Has a strong understanding of design processes, content creation, engines, tools and pipelines
Working towards a mastery of FrostEd. Knows how everything works and won’t shy away from deep diving into new or undocumented systems
Has some understanding of code and proven skills in scripting-languages
Answers to the Technical Design Director or Lead Technical Designer as the day-to-day manager
Has experience in cross disciplinary collaboration and bridging between creatives and engineers

What’s in it for you? Glad you asked!

At DICE we take care of our staff and have done so during our steady growth over the last decade. In addition to a competitive compensation package we offer our employees 10 EA games per year, massage every three weeks, a variety of sports activities (yoga and cross fit to name a few) and health care allowance. We have a collective bargain agreement with Unionen and Sveriges Ingenjörer and also provide our employees with occupational pension.
Although we enjoy working hard at DICE, we respect and value our employees’ personal lives. A good work-life balance is something we strive to practice and maintain even during high-intensity periods.

Next steps
Apply online with a resume and cover letter. We would like to hear why you have applied and what you would like to achieve with this role.
Please be noted that we are not able to provide relocation services for this role, so we will only consider candidates already residing in Sweden.
We look forward to receiving your application!