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Game Designer
Summary
Title:Game Designer
ID:109 - 19
Location:Huntsville, AL
Description
COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Pinnacle is seeking a Game Designer to support our Virtual Programs business area. Pinnacle, headquartered in Huntsville, AL, is a leading innovator, developer, and provider of defense and aerospace products and services. Pinnacle fosters a corporate culture with many opportunities for advancement and career progression. We are a dynamic, fast-paced organization that is experiencing exponential growth. Pinnacle has been on the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019!  Pinnacle offers competitive, traditional benefits, and we are excited about our Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP)!

About Huntsville -

Military, space, telecommunications, biotechnology, diversified manufacturing and a variety of emerging specialties provide challenging work in delightful surroundings. The area enjoys a favorable cost of living and quality of life. Mountains, lakes, woodlands and the Tennessee River accommodate numerous recreational activities. A temperate climate enhances the season for outdoor sports, including world-class golf, hiking, biking, and fishing. Major concerts, Broadway and symphony performances, extensive permanent collections and traveling exhibitions contribute to a wonderful way of life.

Huntsville, Alabama is one of the most recognized cities in the Southeast - consistently named as one of the best places to live and work by a variety of national publications. Our city is regularly named as a premier location for both business and quality of life.


JOB DESCRIPTION

This virtual programs game designer will work collaboratively with 3D artists, other game designers, game developers and subject matter experts to design and implement new virtual training environments.  The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, have a can-do attitude, and be willing to take ownership and help grow the capabilities of our growing engineering team. This position will provide a designer the opportunity to apply their academic or professional experience to  the creation of serious games.  Daily work will require experience in Unity 3d and the ability to learn custom frameworks and toolsets.

The game designer will be expected to contribute to the development of new scenarios. This includes contributing to the design of training requirements for virtual instruction, implementation in Unity 3d and a custom development tool set, test, and deployment. On some projects, candidate may perform independent Software Verification. The candidate will collaborate with teammates and other engineering disciplines, including: instructional systems developers, courseware developers, 3d artists,3d animators engineers, and program management.

SKILLS/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Game design/development experience to include Unity is a plus
• The ability to work in a team environment is required
• Strong analytical/debug and SW/HW integration and test skills desired 
• Familiarity with Git or other version control system is a plus

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

A Bachelor’s degree in Game Design, Game Development, Engineering, Computer Science or 2+ years of Professional Game Design.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (Certifications, Etc.)

Must be a US Citizen. 
Travel up to 10% required.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Pinnacle Solutions is an equal opportunity employer. Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
This opening is closed and is no longer accepting applications
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