{"id":3405,"date":"2019-01-25T10:46:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T18:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/?p=3405"},"modified":"2019-01-29T14:44:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T22:44:32","slug":"hiring-spaceship-physics-dev-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/hiring-spaceship-physics-dev-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring a Spaceship Physics Developer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Giant Army is looking for a physics developer to join our team. You will work with our senior physics developer, team scientists, and other developers to add the necessary physics and simulation code to bring realistic, sandbox-style spaceships to Universe Sandbox.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a full-time, remote position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join us. We\u2019re making something incredible that\u2019s unlike anything else.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3409\" src=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Spaceship-Dev-Post-2-650x220.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Spaceship-Dev-Post-2-650x220.png 650w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Spaceship-Dev-Post-2-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Spaceship-Dev-Post-2-768x260.png 768w, https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Spaceship-Dev-Post-2.png 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Your Role<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Develop rigid body simulation within our existing custom physics engine (we do not and cannot use Unity\u2019s built-in physics)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build upon the rigid body simulation and innovate with spaceship features such as:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thrusters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data-driven historical simulations (Cassini, Voyager, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Modular spaceship parts<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Destruction of spacecraft from heating, lasers, and collisions (both from other spacecraft and asteroids\/planets\/moons)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Integration with our planned megastructures\/tethers feature<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qualifications<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Strong C# &amp;&amp; Unity Engine experience) || (Experience with an entity component model &amp;&amp; object-oriented programing)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experience with physics engine development<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Familiar with version control (we use GitHub), task-management systems (we use GitHub+ZenHub), unit tests, code reviews, and so forth<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-driven; comfortable working collaboratively and remotely<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Appreciation for, and focus on, realism and detail<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passion for science, astronomy, spaceships, and real-time interactive simulations<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Love of fantastical what-if scenarios: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/what-if.xkcd.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what-if.xkcd.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (note citation <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/what-if.xkcd.com\/148\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">#6 on 148<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Company Overview<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/giantarmy.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giant Army<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the company behind Universe Sandbox. Our headquarters are in Seattle, Washington, USA, with team members across the United States, Germany, and Denmark.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Team members enjoy a flexible, collaborative environment. We strive for work-life balance, and we pursue the features that get us excited about science. We do the work so we can share it with others. We\u2019re committed to creating an accessible experience that can\u2019t be found elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Science is for everyone, and we welcome all qualified applicants.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Product Overview<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/universesandbox.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Universe Sandbox<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a space simulator that merges real-time gravity, climate, collision, and physical interactions to reveal the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. It\u2019s more than a game; it\u2019s a way of experiencing and learning about reality in a way that\u2019s never been done before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Universe Sandbox is available on Windows, Mac, Linux, and VR with mobile and future platforms planned. We\u2019ve sold nearly half a million copies and have a \u201cVery Positive&#8221; rating on Steam with <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/230290\/#app_reviews_hash\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">93% positive user reviews<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to Apply<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/giant-army.breezy.hr\/p\/b2383bc2b995-spaceship-physics-developer\">Apply here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Resume and code sample required. Please either upload or include links.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giant Army is looking for a physics developer to join our team. You will work with our senior physics developer, team scientists, and other developers to add the necessary physics and simulation code to bring realistic, sandbox-style spaceships to Universe Sandbox. This is a full-time, remote position. Join us. We\u2019re making something incredible that\u2019s unlike [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3405"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3443,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3405\/revisions\/3443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universesandbox.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}