13 Environment Modeler jobs in the United States

Are you an avid gamer interested in creating awesome games? Stardock is currently seeking a talented Senior Game Developer. The ideal candidate is well versed in C++, has shipped titles in the past and loves strategy games. This is a salaried, full-time position at our Plymouth, Michigan office and relocation assistance will be provided.

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Implement low level systems such as windowing, controllers, rendering, audio, and networking.
• Architect, build and maintain core systems in modern C++ on multicore CPUs.
• Write technical documents describing core systems.
• Mentor and collaborate with other developers in a team environment.
• Work closely with Design, Production, and Art to develop requirements and implementation plans.
• Manage timelines and milestones to meet stakeholder expectations.
• Work closely with Production and QA to address bugs.

• 7+ years of experience in game or simulation development.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or relevant field.
• Strong C++ background.
• Passion for games and game design.
• Self-motivated and loves solving problems.
• Experience with modern graphics APIs (DirectX, OpenGL, Vulkan, Metal).
• Expertise in several of the following: Optimization, networking, UI/UX, AI, generative AI, physics, data management, graphics, gameplay, audio, HLSL/GLSL shaders, pipelines, terrain.
• Able to learn new technology quickly and execute on a schedule in a fast-paced cross-discipline team environment.
• Experienced with version control software (e.g. Perforce, SVN, etc.).

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM
The Sensor Simulation team at Anduril is building a platform for generating synthetic imagery for a variety of teams across the company. Use cases span a variety of areas, such as SITL (software in the loop) and HITL (hardware in the loop) integration tests of our systems, machine learning (ML) data generation and user training simulations. You will build a synthetic imagery pipeline so realistic we can't tell the difference between synthetic images and real flight test data. We're looking for software engineers with strong coding skills and deep, relevant experience who can learn quickly and help build out the platform. Ideally candidates will have some background using Unreal Engine or other game engines and related tools and languages.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Develop and maintain core capabilities in Unreal Engine such as a terrain rendering pipeline, vehicle physics models, and many more
• Work with other platform teams at Anduril to ensure our service integrates seamlessly with other core services
• Integrate various plugins and third party capabilities into our platform, figuring out how to best make use of them and working around or fixing any bugs
• Collaborate closely with other teams across the company to enable them to integrate synthetic imagery and bring back lessons learned to help improve our product

• Must have 2+ years of professional C++ experience
• Must be willing to travel 10% for collaboration across offices.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Strong communication skills are a must.
• Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Game Design, Robotics.
• Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization
• Proficiency with Unreal Engine
• Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
• Experience with various tools for performance analysis and debugging problems (gdb, bpftrace, perf, etc)
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

• MS in Computer Science or Software Engineering
• Rust programming
• Experience in a Linux development environment
• GPU and graphics programming experience, including languages such as HLSL, Vulkan, or CUDA
• Familiarity with training machine learning models, especially for computer vision use cases
• Experience with 3D modelling tools

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits:For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
  • For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
  • For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.
• Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.
• A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
• Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.
• Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
• 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred.
• Background in Gaming / MMO / MMORPG Development
• 5+ years programming experience with solid OOP - Lua, C/C++, Java, C#
• Unreal Scripting experience. Background in Python, C/C++, Java a plus.
• Strong Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) experience - understanding of inheritance, encapsulation, polymorphism, public, private, protected, classes, methods, interfaces - mechanics and best uses.
• Design patterns and Frameworks - Understanding of MVC frameworks (RobotLegs / PureMVC / etc.).
• Server-side OOP, Socket and asynchronous programming.
• Proficient with CS4, JIRA, Subversion.
• Experience with PHP, Python, Java, JavaScript, JSFL, and SmartFox an asset.
• Version Control - confident working with SVN/CVS or similar version control system and revision best practices.
• Multi-language localization experience a major plus.

• Passion for developing games
• Knowledge of MMORPG, MMO, AI (Artificial Intelligence) development, Game Architecture, and physics.
• Prior MMORPG tools / systems / engines - Unreal, Metaplace, Lua, Unrealscript, etc.
• Bachelor's in Computer Science or related discipline

• Program Game structures and components in OOP Unreal Scripting as intended by Architect.
• Designs and Develops Object Oriented C++,Unreal Scripting in support of enterprise Game architecture
• Exceptional Object Oriented Design (OOD) and software development / code management principles
• Write maintainable code, working in a professional software engineering environment (with source control, dev/stage/prod release cycle, continuous deployment)
• Understands enterprise systems designs and can follows technical designs and exceeds expectations
• Generates creative solutions and tools
• Reporting, planning, and documentation. All other tasks assigned by management.
• Passion for a great user experience. Strong usability and design skills

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM
The Sensor Simulation team at Anduril is building a platform for generating synthetic imagery for a variety of teams across the company. Use cases span a variety of areas, such as SITL (software in the loop) and HITL (hardware in the loop) integration tests of our systems, machine learning (ML) data generation and user training simulations. You will build a synthetic imagery pipeline so realistic we can't tell the difference between synthetic images and real flight test data. We're looking for software engineers with strong coding skills and deep, relevant experience who can learn quickly and help build out the platform. Ideally candidates will have some background using Unreal Engine or other game engines and related tools and languages.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Develop and maintain core capabilities in Unreal Engine such as a terrain rendering pipeline, vehicle physics models, and many more
• Work with other platform teams at Anduril to ensure our service integrates seamlessly with other core services
• Integrate various plugins and third party capabilities into our platform, figuring out how to best make use of them and working around or fixing any bugs
• Collaborate closely with other teams across the company to enable them to integrate synthetic imagery and bring back lessons learned to help improve our product

• Must have 2+ years of professional C++ programming experience
• Must be willing to travel 10% for collaboration across offices.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Strong communication skills are a must.
• Strong engineering background from industry or school, ideally in areas/fields such as Computer Science, Software Engineering, Game Design, Robotics.
• Proven understanding of data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization
• Proficiency with Unreal Engine
• Experience troubleshooting and analyzing remotely deployed software systems
• Experience with various tools for performance analysis and debugging problems (gdb, bpftrace, perf, etc)
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

• MS in Computer Science or Software Engineering
• Rust programming experience
• Experience in a Linux development environment
• GPU and graphics programming experience, including languages such as HLSL, Vulkan, or CUDA
• Familiarity with training machine learning models, especially for computer vision use cases
• Experience with 3D modelling tools

• Platinum Healthcare Benefits:For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
  • For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
  • For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
• Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
• Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
• 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
• Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.
• Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.
• A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
• Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.
• Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
• Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
• 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)

• Leading and mentoring a team of game developers.
• Designing and implementing core game mechanics and systems using Unity.
• Establishing and enforcing coding standards and best practices.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams to define game features and technical requirements.
• Optimizing game performance for various target platforms.
• Troubleshooting and debugging complex technical issues.
• Contributing to the architectural design of game projects.
• Participating in code reviews and providing constructive feedback.
• Staying current with industry trends and emerging technologies in game development.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of professional game development experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a lead or senior technical role.
• Extensive experience with Unity Engine and C#.
• Strong understanding of 3D graphics, physics, and AI in game development.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git).
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Proven leadership and team management abilities.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

We're looking for great gameplay developers that know: Unreal Engine, C++, Game Development, and Git.

You will implement major gameplay features, contribute to game design, prioritize projects, and coordinate with other developers on the team.

Example features you will work on: Procedural Biomes, Trade Professions, RPG Combat Classes, Mob AI, Farming/Food/Hunger system, and more.

Please include a link to your Unreal Engine gameplay portfolio when applying.

You should take this job if:

1. Passionate about making and playing games
2. Want to be a founding member of a company where you steer product design, technical architecture, and future growth.
3. Want to have visible, critical impact on weekly releases.
4. Enjoy minimal process and deciding what you build every week.
5. Enjoy collaborating with other hard working teammates.
6. Experienced with Unreal Engine.
7. Portfolio demonstrates game development skills.

• AI Bot Development : Design, implement, and iterate on AI behaviors that challenge and engage players in both solo and multiplayer contexts.
  
• Gameplay Systems : Develop and refine mechanics such as player movement, combat, character controls, and UI integration to support a seamless player experience.
  
• Collaboration : Work cross-functionally with design, art, and engineering to bring features from concept to reality, providing technical feedback throughout.
  
• Core Systems Architecture : Create scalable, maintainable systems that support networking, gameplay logic, and AI integration.
  
• Optimization : Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across CPU, GPU, and network layers, ensuring smooth and stable gameplay.
  
• Code Quality : Write clean, modular, and well-documented C++ and Blueprint code. Participate in code reviews and maintain best development practices.
  
• Rapid Prototyping : Experiment with new features, mechanics, and AI behaviors to align with evolving game direction and player feedback.
  

• Experience : 4+ years of professional game development experience, with at least one shipped Unreal Engine title (preferably multiplayer).
  
• Technical Skills : Proficiency in C++ and Blueprints; strong understanding of gameplay programming, character systems, and multiplayer networking.
  
• AI Expertise : Experience developing AI bots using Behavior Trees, EQS, SubTrees, and Blackboards, with performance in mind.
  
• Team Player : Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with multidisciplinary teams.
  
• Problem Solver : Creative, self-motivated, and proactive in identifying issues and delivering solutions that enhance the player experience.
  
• Passion : A deep enthusiasm for gameplay systems and creating immersive, fun, and responsive game experiences.
  

• Experience with live-service or large-scale multiplayer games
  
• Familiarity with animation systems and physics in Unreal Engine
  
• A personal portfolio or prototypes demonstrating gameplay or AI systems
  

• Develop and implement complex gameplay systems and mechanics for VR/AR games.
• Write high-quality, optimized code in C++ or C# using Unity or Unreal Engine.
• Collaborate with designers and artists to bring game concepts to life.
• Debug, test, and optimize game performance across different VR/AR platforms.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical design discussions.
• Mentor junior developers and provide technical guidance.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies in VR/AR development.
• Proactively identify and resolve technical challenges.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Game Development, or a related field.
• 7+ years of professional game development experience, with at least 3 years focused on VR/AR projects.
• Strong proficiency in C++ or C# and a major game engine (Unity or Unreal Engine).
• Demonstrated experience in shipping at least one major VR or AR title.
• Experience with VR/AR SDKs and hardware (e.g., Oculus, SteamVR, HoloLens).
• Excellent problem-solving, debugging, and performance optimization skills.
• Strong understanding of game design principles and player experience.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a remote team environment.