Jobs for mathematicians in game industry, or 3D tool industry?

kingPing · 2013-08-06T13:40:51

Hi, I am aware that most game companies are interested in employing people with a strong game-related portfolios. But I was wondering whether you come across positions advertised for academics, or people with a strong academic background? I figure that perhaps very large companies relating to high end graphics like Nvidia may have a need for people with a PhD in some area of applied maths. Perhaps the same applies for developers of 3D tools like Autodesk. And perhaps there are other aspects of the game industry where mathematicians fit in. The reason why I am asking is that I am interested in perhaps entering the game industry. I am making games on my own time but primarily I am doing a PhD in applied maths, so I was wondering how I fit in the game industry, if there is a fit.

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Started by kingPing July 31, 2013 04:42 AM

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August 06, 2013 01:40 PM

What do they do?

I am using Unity and it has a full implementation of rigid body Newtonian mechanics. I would assume other engines have that, too. I suppose Newtonian implementations can only be optimised, if anything. Other branches of physics are hardly of interest for most games. What are physics programmers hired for? I suppose someone who knows mechanics can use engines more cleverly but what is there left to code?

EDIT: Soft body physics.