# Sr Encounter Designer (Star Wars Jedi)

**Company**: Electronic Arts
**Location**: Los Angeles - Chatsworth, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: temporary
**Salary**: $114,300 - $156,200 CAD / $127,700 - $190,600 USD
**Category**: Game Development
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: EA
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q173941

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## Description

Electronic Arts seeks an experienced Senior Encounter Designer for a 12-month contract to work onsite in a hybrid role on the Star Wars Jedi game series.

As a Senior Encounter Designer, you will collaborate with Design leadership, Animation, Code, and Art departments to craft memorable combat encounters. You will leverage UE5 for technical implementation and utilise AI to create immersive experiences.

Responsibilities:

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement combat encounters

- Create imaginative and challenging encounters, owning their technical implementation in UE5

- Utilise AI to enhance gameplay experiences

- Solve complex technical and creative problems efficiently

- Become an expert on encounter and AI systems to assist team members

- Resolve complicated logic issues and design effective solutions

Requirements:

- 4+ years of experience in the games industry as a Scripter, Encounter Designer, Level Designer, or Mission Designer

- Experience with text-based scripting, visual scripting, and/or programming languages

- Passion for creating engaging gameplay-driven encounters

- Strong understanding of game engine tools like UE4/5, Unity, Maya, etc.

- Team player mindset with effective communication skills

- Positive, solution-oriented attitude with a wealth of gaming knowledge

Benefits:

- Competitive salary ($114,300 - $156,200 CAD in British Columbia, $127,700 - $190,600 USD in California)

- Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, sick time, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) or equivalent

- Opportunities for creative impact and professional growth

## Skills

### Required
- UE5
- AI
- scripting
- programming
- game development
- game engines

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