Engineering Manager, PlayStation
Graphics/Game Technologies
+ Bonus opportunity
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
Job no longer available
Gaming and digital entertainment provider
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
+ Bonus opportunity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To create a gaming experience without barriers that fits the needs of players of all abilities.
Role
Who you are
- Line management (goal setting, appraisals, staff development, performance management)
- Project management (planning, scheduling, prioritising tasks, managing resources)
- Games development experience (understanding of underlying technologies, understanding customer viewpoint)
- Technical leadership (you will be passionate about keeping up with game and graphics technologies, setting technical direction)
- Excellent communication skills ensuring good stakeholder relations (collaborating with development teams across the company. Ensuring customer needs are considered)
- Ability to research key areas and create technology plans
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
- Experience of games development (perhaps as part of a core tech team)
- Proven experience in managing and leading a team of researchers or developers, with a focus on graphics or game related technologies
- Solid understanding of HW architecture, 3d computer graphics and games development technologies on modern GPUs
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills, with a proven ability to inspire and motivate a team towards a common goal
- Strong project management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks, manage resources, and meet project timelines
- Deep passion for gaming and a keen interest in GPU technology trends such as ML and Ray-tracing
- Familiarity with agile development methodologies and a collaborative approach to problem-solving
What the job involves
- Based in London, our team are part of the FSEE (Foundational Systems and Experiences Engineering) group, which build the Game Platform SDKs used by games developers to create PlayStation Games
- Your primary focus will be people management of a team of engineers working on Graphics and Game Technologies (SDK Libraries, Tools, Samples)
- With a solid understanding of graphics engineering concepts, your main responsibility will be to lead and support a team of talented individuals to deliver the best possible technologies for our development partners
- Managing a team of engineers working on graphics libraries, tools and technologies, for our game sdks
- Connecting with stakeholders, making sure our solutions meet customer needs
- Setting technical directions / priorities
- Working with engineers, to plan goals and objectives
- Encouraging research and innovation
- Spending time on research/investigations to define technical direction
Salary benchmarks
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
Since the release of the PS1 in 1994, PlayStation has been a consistent leader in the video gaming market. Its consoles are iconic in the gaming community - Playstation has produced both the top-selling and fastest-selling console of all time - and the company is still pushing boundaries. Its current flagship - the PS5 - promises to revolutionize gaming, featuring new technology that will create improvements across the board.
As well as its consoles, PlayStation has also developed online services, connecting its users and giving them access to diversified media. A PlayStation can be used for a huge range of activities - from Netflix to guided workouts - which has led to the expansion of the company's audience over time and across generations.
PlayStation faces competition in its field from the likes of Microsoft, with its Xbox range, and PC gaming, which has been becoming more popular in recent years. Regardless, PlayStation shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming implementation of in-game ads in free games looks to significantly increase revenue, and the wider PlayStation gaming experience also appears to be evolving from plans to launch live service games in upcoming years.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Private dental insurance
- Flexible working policy (remote working, flexible hours)
- Free fruit every day in our offices
- On-site free gym (London & Liverpool)
- On-site subsidised cafés
- On-site bar (Thursdays & Fridays, London & Liverpool)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eye care assistance
- x2 volunteering days each year
- Group pension plan
- Discretionary bonus scheme
- Season ticket loans
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays
- Discretionary days off over Christmas and summer
- Free giveaways of select first party products and services
- Discounts on PlayStation products
- Discounts on Sony products
- Access to other corporate discounts
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Founders
Jim Ryan
(CEO, not founder)Ryan joined Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe (SIEE) in 1994. Taking over as SIEE president in 2011, he later moved on to head of global sales and marketing at SIE in April 2016. Ryan has served as deputy president of SIE since January 2018, before being appointed CEO in February 2019.
Diversity & Inclusion at PlayStation
- We're proud to celebrate diversity at PlayStation
- Our Employee Resource groups, including Women@PlayStation, REPRESENT@PlayStation, Wellbeing@PlayStation, and our award-winning LGBTQ+ group, Pride@PlayStation, actively promote inclusion in the workplace and beyond
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