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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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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Simulation Engineer - Maritime (all genders)
SKD SE —Swindon
- Full-time
- Analysis skills
- Bachelor's degree
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
Plasma Spectroscopy Diagnostician
Proxima Fusion —Oxford
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Software development
Senior Software Engineer
Audi Motorsport AG —Bicester
- Full-time
- English
- AI
Senior QA Engineer
Wireless Logic mdex GmbH —Reading
- Hybrid work
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- SDLC
- Employee assistance programme
DVA Engineer
Contechs Consulting Limited —Bicester
- Engineering
- Quality control
- Manufacturing
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Senior Electronics Engineer
Plessey —Oxford
- Full-time
- Doctoral degree
- Writing skills
- Engineering
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Senior Structural Integrity Engineer
UK Atomic Energy Authority —Culham
- £57,117 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
- Machine learning
- Mentoring
- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
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Quantum Software Engineer - Algorithms & Applications
Infleqtion —Kidlington
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
- Computer Science
- Engineering
- Annual leave
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Lead Flight Software Engineer
NewOrbit Space —Reading
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Relocation assistance
Senior RF Engineer
Plessey —Oxford
- Full-time
- Doctoral degree
- Engineering
- Master's degree
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Quantum Software Engineer - QEC
Infleqtion —Kidlington
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Doctoral degree
- Computer Science
- Analysis skills
- Annual leave
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Functional Safety Architect (f/m/d)
Renesas Electronics —Swindon
- Full-time
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Bachelor's degree
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Electronics Manager
Infinitesima —Abingdon
- £65,000 - £83,000 a year
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Continuous improvement
- Annual leave
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Airport Planner
AECOM —Basingstoke
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
Senior Calibration Technician – Service Centre
Keysight Technologies, Inc. —Wokingham
- Part-time
- Computer literacy
- Computer skills
- No travel
Senior FPGA Engineer
Plessey —Oxford
- Full-time
- Doctoral degree
- Writing skills
- Engineering
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Senior Optical Engineer
Infleqtion —Oxford
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Engineering
- Master's degree
- Communication skills
- Annual leave
- Work from home
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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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