Principal Technical Director - Neural Rendering

Electronic Arts is seeking a Principal Technical Director with deep and broad rendering experience to lead a group of rendering engineers and researchers within its Research & Engineering team.

The successful candidate will understand rendering end-to-end: its impact on production, visuals, and game quality. They will also know the research landscape, including neural rendering, and have a clear view of how graphics must evolve to shape the future of game worlds and experiences.

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of 8-10 rendering engineers and researchers.
• Work with the Head of R&D, Head of Architecture, Engine Director, and Principal Engineers to define the future direction of rendering.
• Bring new ideas, discuss, and implement solutions to complex rendering challenges.
• Guide applied research of novel rendering for use cases in games and game development pipelines.
• Drive the delivery of novel rendering technology in partnership with the Head of Development.

Qualifications:

• 20+ years of PC or console game programming experience, with shipped AAA games or experience with game engines like Unity, Unreal, Frostbite, or Godot.
• Expertise in C++.
• Experience with leadership, preferably leading a rendering team.
• Advanced knowledge of real-time rendering.
• Some knowledge of machine learning techniques and their applications to graphics, such as neural rendering.
• Experience with agentic programming.

Benefits: Electronic Arts offers a comprehensive benefits package, including physical, emotional, financial, professional, and community well-being support.