As a Simulator Developer, you will be responsible for the continuous development of Tigercat’s Forest Harvesting Machine Simulators. This role is responsible to create graphics and software that will run on a simulator platform, providing training for forestry equipment operators.

Location: 200 Avenue Road, Cambridge, ON

Dedicated Shift: 8:00am – 4:30pm, Monday - Friday

NOTE: This position is in office; Tigercat does not offer this position remotely.

Job Duties:

• Development of forestry equipment training scenarios, designing physically realistic levels and environments as well as implementing physically accurate machine functions in a virtual environment
• Creation of 3D assets from CAD models
• Maintenance and improvements of existing code
• Collaborate with Engineers, Embedded System Developers, sales representatives, dealers, and machine operators to gather requirements, architect, and design full featured training scenarios
• Educating trainers on using the simulator
• Travel world-wide to attend trade shows and/or provide training to customers (up to five times per year)

Skills and Experience:

• Collaborate with coworkers; effective communication and reasoning skills are essential when working on projects that involve multiple team members and departments
• Ability to quickly learn and comprehend new systems
• Experience with Unity Development environment
• Strong ability with C# development
• Experience with game assets (meshes, animations, materials etc.) as well as profiling and optimizing game and render performance (GPU and CPU)

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education that devoted substantial focus on game development and computer science
• Formidable understanding of object-oriented design patterns with a robust understanding of physics and mechanism dynamics
• Strong English written and verbal communication skills
• Personal interest in electronics, and industrial off-road machines is an asset
• Demonstration of previous work and portfolio is required