Tools Engineer
ZeroLight, United Kingdom
Job Description
We are seeking Tools Engineers, with experience ranging from graduate to mid amp; senior levels, to design and implement software that will improve the stability and quality of all ZeroLight products.
The successful candidate will have expertise in tools development and maintenance experience, preferably from a games industry background. They will both suggest and implement new techniques as well as modifying existing practices.
For the Graduate roles, we are looking for students who are particularly interested in working within core tech and who have studied C#, C++, Python amp; used Unity whilst at University. All applicants must submit a demo of their work.
You can find out more about the work of the tech team in this short video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2ykVvaxVd0
You can also get a more detailed insight into the projects that the Tech Team work on in their blog:
https://zerolight.com/news#tech
This is an exciting opportunity to become an integral part of the award-winning ZeroLight team, working at the forefront of 3D technology with our world class technology partners such as Amazon, NVIDIA and Microsoft, and delivering projects for some of the biggest automotive brands in the business such as Audi, Cadillac and Lamborghini.
This role is based at our award-winning studio LiveWorks on Newcastle’s famous Quayside, however at present we are all working from home as per government guidelines. We’ve got a great home working set up now, with plenty of support from our Talent Development and IT teams to ensure that new starters have everything they need to thrive in their new roles at ZeroLight. We successfully onboarded over 40 new employees during the pandemic, ensuring that they go through a detailed induction process with key meetings and training over the first month and beyond.
Requirements
The Role
- To develop new tools and enhance our cutting edge real-time Virtual Experience rendering engine
- Research methods to optimise and improve the art pipeline to improve productivity and quality
- Design and implement software that will improve the stability and quality of all ZeroLight products
- Develop tools that will be used on a range of hardware from mobile to state of the art high specification PC hardware
The Person
- Must have strong software engineering and debugging skills
- Tools development and maintenance experience
- Python, C++ and C# knowledge
- Ability to designing complex reusable systems
- Ability to debug both high and low level problems
- Ability to understand and optimise previously developed code
- Multiprocessor and/or multithreaded programming experience would be beneficial
- 2-5 Years professional programming experience
- Knowledge of Unity3D or DirectX is beneficial
- Ability to research, implement and modify existing techniques
- Experience in 3D programming.
Benefits
- Working from the studio recently named ‘Best Office in the North East’ with state-of-the-art facilities including a fully fitted kitchen area and high spec coffee machine.
- Free fruit, healthy snacks, soft drinks, chocolate and crisps.
- Up to two-hour lunch break.
- Access to our multi award winning mental health and wellbeing program ZLWell, which amongst other things, gives free counselling services to all employees and their immediate families. ZLWell has recently won Wellbeing Award of the Year (Federation of Small Businesses) and Workplace Wellbeing Award of the Year (North East Employee Awards).
- Monthly volunteer group with regular activities around the local area.
- Lunchtime activities including running club, badminton league and swimming.
- Recreation area with pool, table tennis and an outside terrace overlooking the River Tyne.
- Well stocked beer fridge for after work drinks.
- Wide range of activities including Board Games night, ZeroLight Quiz, themed parties and group outings organised by our ZLSocial group.
- Opportunities to present University technical talks and speak at local events.
- Cycle to work scheme (with showers in the studio!).
- Contributory Pension Scheme with Royal London.
- Life Assurance Scheme.
- 25 days holiday rising to 30 days on length of service, and all bank holidays.
- Extra free days holiday at Christmas to ensure a long break over the festive period.
- Official ZeroLight Events including Friends amp; Family Day, Summer Day and our famous all expenses paid Christmas Party.
- Access to external training, mentoring, travel opportunities and conference attendance.
- Ongoing performance management via our ZLTalent platform with regular reviews and feedback and clear development pathways.
- Annual salar