UI Technical Designer (R27114)

Work on UI system design, breaking down features and wireframes into necessary widgets, structures, and classes.

Improve UI performance by ensuring best practices are followed by colleagues.

Verify assets/UI are within memory and CPU constraints, understanding how to define UMG/Slate/C++ performance, costs, and texture memory.

Implement logic in Blueprint when necessary for presentation.

Assist UI artists in implementing special presentation behaviors.

Consult with UI engineers on what logic will be implemented in Blueprint versus native code.

Quickly debug problems in Blueprints/UMG using various tools and techniques.

Find ways to assist UX, UI Art, and UI engineering in organizing, documenting, and building workflow improvements.

Three to six years of experience creating UI and experiences in game engines across multiple platforms (mobile, web, PC, consoles) or equivalent experience.

Over two years of experience launching updates and new features to a user base on a regular cadence or equivalent experience.

Professional experience with Photoshop, Figma, game engines (Custom Engine, Unity, UE4, Lumberyard, Snowdrop, etc.), and experience with 3D packages in games (3D Studio, Maya, etc.).

Good perception for 'UI-perfect', translating and identifying potential issues with mockups when integrating designers into the engine.

Ability to logically solve problems and pay attention to detail.

Ability to 'translate' communication between departments (explain UI Art needs to engineers, summarize technical problems, etc.), in addition to empathy for non-technical team members and the ability to empower them.