Faculty Position, Optimization

The Faculty member will develop curriculum and teach the Optimization course in the Game Development Bachelor of Science Program. This course focuses on techniques required for increasing the frame rate of video game applications. By examining the relationship between the CPU, GPU and their architectures, students better understand how code and art affect their platform. Candidate will mentor students, attend faculty development workshops, and participate in campus activities including meetings, special events, behind-the-scenes tours and graduation.

Full Sail University offers a unique, hands-on, real word education to over 8,000 students from all over the world. We are located in Winter Park, Florida, just outside Orlando – one of the world’s foremost tourist destinations. In addition to great weather, plentiful beaches, and some of the most famous theme parks on the planet, Orlando features a thriving entertainment community.

This position is full time, on campus and requires a flexible schedule to include several evenings to be available to students.

Requirements include an understanding of modern micro architecture concepts such as instruction level parallelism, branch prediction, and automatic hardware prefetching. Understanding of modern GPU architecture concepts such as shaders, post-Geometry cache. Experience with Intel V-Tune and an understanding of multiple level cache systems and multi-core programming.
Also required are a Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years professional experience in Game Development.

The successful candidate will have expert proficiency in C++, experience using tools PIX and PerfHUD, compiler development experience and Graphics driver development experience are a plus. This is primarily a lecture position, so candidates must also demonstrate strong communication and presentation skills, with previous educational experience preferred. Applicants must have a proven ability to create effective and engaging course curriculum.

Some of the accolades and community events Full Sail has participated in:

• Pure Motivation – An internal collaboration of students, staff and faculty to promote good works within the community
• Orlando Business Journal 2009 Reader’s Choice Award: Best Company
• iTunesU - Our involvement with iTunes U allows us to share some of the Full Sail experience through free, exclusive audio and video content available through the iTunes Store. Users are able to relive on-campus events, visits, and guest lectures, while our Behind the Scenes section offers brief tutorials for various facets of the entertainment business, courtesy of our faculty and facilities.

In addition, Full Sail offers these benefits to faculty:

• Casual Attire
• Family Oriented and Creative Atmosphere
• Free on campus parking
• Local Discounts – Restaurants, Day Care, Wachovia
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Life, Supplemental and Pet Insurance
• Eligible for Costco and YMCA Memberships
• Paid Vacation
• Sick Pay
• Holidays
• 401K
• Annual Holiday Events for faculty, staff and their families


Please forward your resume and cover letter to: facultyjobs@fullsail.com
More information about Full Sail can be found at www.fullsail.edu
No phone calls, please

Job Code: GDCDOPT71910