Simulation engineer Work, Jobs in Didcot, Eng (with Salaries)

General Gameplay Programmer
Vector Studios —Basingstoke
- £50,000 - £70,000 a year
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Software troubleshooting
- Maths
- Sick pay
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Sr. Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Firmware Engineer
MDA —Didcot
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Software troubleshooting
- Bachelor's degree
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance
Data Scientists
UK Atomic Energy Authority —Culham
- £64,820 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
- Engineering
- English
- Annual leave
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Senior Antenna and RF Payload Engineer
Open Cosmos —Didcot
- Hybrid work
Simulation Engineer - Maritime (all genders)
SKD SE —Swindon
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
FPGA Architect
Open Cosmos —Didcot
- Hybrid work
- Continuous improvement
- Mentoring
Software Engineer
Alloyed —Kidlington
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- AWS
Satcom Mission Analysis Engineer
Open Cosmos —Didcot
- Hybrid work
Senior Digital Comms Payload Engineer
Open Cosmos —Didcot
- Hybrid work
Senior RF Engineer
MDA Space and Robotics Ltd —Didcot
- Hybrid work
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance
Senior Network Engineer
Open Cosmos —Didcot
- Hybrid work
Defence Flight Dynamics Engineer
Astroscale —Didcot
- £40,000 - £85,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Master's degree
- Business development
- Life insurance
- Sick pay
Diffractive Display Engineer (Design & Optimisation)
Snapchat —Abingdon
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
- Engineering
- Scripting
Ground Segment Systems Engineer
Astroscale —Didcot
- £40,000 - £85,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Computer Science
- English
- Java
- Life insurance
- Sick pay
Senior AOCS Systems Engineer
Open Cosmos —Didcot
- Hybrid work
- System design
- Analysis skills
Plasma Spectroscopy Diagnostician
Proxima Fusion —Oxford
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Software development
Mechanical Design Engineer
Proxima Fusion —Oxford
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Communication skills
Lead Hardware Engineer
MDA —Didcot
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Team management
- Leadership
- Employee assistance programme
- Life insurance
Alpha Cryogenics Engineer
Proxima Fusion —Oxford
- Full-time
Senior Programmer
Vector Studios —Basingstoke
- £75,000 - £95,000 a year
- Full-time
- Computer Science
- Software troubleshooting
- Maths
- Free parking
- Sick pay
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General Gameplay Programmer

Vector Studios -
Basingstoke

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Job details

Permanent | Full-time
£50,000 - £70,000 a year

Benefits

Season ticket loan
Discounted or free food
Company pension
Sick pay
On-site parking

Qualifications

Technical troubleshooting
Performance tuning
Computer Science
Software troubleshooting
Unreal Engine
Mathematics
Git
Build automation
Maths
CI/CD pipelines
Perforce
Physics
Unity
Debugging

Full job description

Job Posting — General Gameplay Programmer

Date posted: July 2026
Pay: £50,000.00 - £70,000.00 per year
Job description: General Programmer
Status: Accepting applications — awaiting seed funding close before formal offers
Company: Vector Studios Limited
Location: United Kingdom
Work arrangement: On-site, full-time
Salary: Competitive (based on experience)
Benefits: On-site parking, company pension, sick pay, team lunch and snack days, travel season ticket loan
Start date: Month 1 of seed funding

About the Role

You will join the core engineering team building a large-scale real-time strategy game. You will work on systems that must remain stable, consistent and fast under heavy load — gameplay systems, networking, tools and engine infrastructure all within one codebase.

This is not:

Front-end web development or business applications
Blueprint-only scripting without engine-level understanding
Lightweight mobile or hyper-casual game development

This is:

Hardcore systems programming for a large-scale PC game
Performance-critical code running under heavy load
Simulation, networking, rendering integration and tools
Problem-solving at the intersection of mathematics, memory layout and parallel execution

Quality benchmark: You should have shipped at least one title at a recognised studio and be comfortable reading, writing and debugging complex C# or C++ systems. We are looking for engineers who think in terms of throughput, correctness and long-term maintainability.

Relevant reference titles: Supreme Commander, Sins of a Solar Empire, StarCraft, Factorio, Dyson Sphere Program — games where scale, persistence and simulation consistency matter.

Responsibilities

Implement and maintain core gameplay, simulation and engine systems
Profile and optimise CPU, memory and network performance
Collaborate on simulation architecture and replay systems
Build internal tools for design, content and QA workflows
Contribute to multiplayer netcode and server infrastructure
Maintain coding standards, documentation and code review practices
Solve hard problems involving large datasets, concurrency and numerical precision

Requirements

Essential:

5+ years professional programming experience in the games industry
At least one shipped title from a recognised game studio
Strong knowledge of C#; C++ experience is a significant plus
Solid understanding of game engine architecture
Experience with performance profiling and optimisation
Strong debugging skills in complex, multi-system codebases
Understanding of memory management, data-oriented design and threading
UK-based or willing to relocate

Desirable:

Experience with Unity or Unreal Engine
Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics or related field
Strong mathematical background, especially linear algebra, geometry and numerical methods
Experience with consistent simulation, lockstep multiplayer or replay systems
Graphics programming, rendering pipelines or shader experience
Networking and multiplayer server experience
Build systems, CI/CD and tooling experience
Version control expertise (Git or Perforce)

What to Include in Your Application

CV with project history and shipped titles
Portfolio or code samples (GitHub, personal site, or shared repository)
Brief technical response: describe the most challenging performance or consistency problem you have solved in a shipped game and how you approached it
Short technical submission: provide pseudocode and a short explanation describing how you would design and implement a major RTS system (for example: unit selection, pathfinding, order queues, fog of war, or resource management). Include your reasoning for the data structures, performance considerations and how the system scales.
References from previous studios or leads

How to Apply

Email: [email protected]
Subject line: General Programmer — [Your Name]

Note: This position is contingent on the close of our seed funding round. We are interviewing now to ensure a prompt start upon funding confirmation.

Benefits:

Company pension
Discounted or free food
On-site parking
Sick pay

Pay: £50,000.00-£70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension
Discounted or free food
On-site parking
Sick pay

Work Location: In person

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simulation engineer jobs in didcot, eng

General Gameplay Programmer

Sr. Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Firmware Engineer

Data Scientists

Senior Antenna and RF Payload Engineer

Simulation Engineer - Maritime (all genders)

FPGA Architect

Software Engineer

Satcom Mission Analysis Engineer

Senior Digital Comms Payload Engineer

Senior RF Engineer

Senior Network Engineer

Defence Flight Dynamics Engineer

Diffractive Display Engineer (Design & Optimisation)

Ground Segment Systems Engineer

Senior AOCS Systems Engineer

Plasma Spectroscopy Diagnostician

Mechanical Design Engineer

Lead Hardware Engineer

Alpha Cryogenics Engineer

Senior Programmer

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