Senior Gameplay Physics Engineer

1 week ago


Los Angeles, California, United States Netflix Full time
About the Role

We're seeking a highly skilled Senior Gameplay Physics Engineer to join our team at Netflix. As a key member of our game development team, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining physics features for our upcoming AAA game.

Key Responsibilities
  • Drive multiple complex feature areas from end-to-end
  • Collaborate with content creators to design, implement, and maintain Physics features
  • Work inside of Unreal Engine using a combination of C++, Blueprints, and custom tools
  • Produce well-engineered, reliable, and maintainable code
  • Optimize and debug both code and content across the game as needed
  • Participate in code reviews with the engineering team on all new code
  • Create documentation and functional tests for features
Requirements
  • 7+ years experience shipping multiple AAA multiplayer games
  • Experience prototyping and shipping one or more titles as an Physics Engineer with a focus on excellent player experience
  • Deep experience with Unreal Engine Chaos Physics, Havok Physics, or NVidia PhysX
  • Experience with Vehicle Motion Models, Character movement physics, Ragdolls, Destruction, and replicated physics
  • Excellent technical foundations in C++, Optimization, Math, and Debugging
  • Exceptional communication, and cross-discipline collaboration
  • Extensive experience with Unreal Engine
  • Passion for playing, incubating, building, and shipping video games
What We Offer

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including Health Plans, Mental Health support, a 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match, Stock Option Program, Disability Programs, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, Family-forming benefits, and Life and Serious Injury Benefits. We also offer paid leave of absence programs.

Our compensation structure consists solely of an annual salary; we do not have bonuses. You choose each year how much of your compensation you want in salary versus stock options. To determine your personal top-of-market compensation, we rely on market indicators and consider your specific job family, background, skills, and experience to determine your compensation in the market range. The range for this role is $90,000 - $600,000.

About Netflix

Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services with 278 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films, and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can play, pause, and resume watching as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, and can change their plans at any time.


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