Vehicle Handling Designer / Vehicle Physics Tuner (UE5)

About Us

We are a UE5-focused game development studio creating an immersive automotive game.

Our projects focus heavily on authentic vehicles, automotive history, and emotionally engaging player experiences. We aim to recreate not only how iconic cars look, but also how they feel to drive.

We are currently looking for someone passionate about vehicle dynamics, handling, and tuning who can help us bring historic and unique cars to life inside Unreal Engine 5.

Role Overview

As a Vehicle Handling Designer / Vehicle Physics Tuner, your role will focus on configuring, balancing, and tuning vehicles to achieve believable and authentic driving behavior.

This is not a low-level vehicle physics programming role. We are looking for someone who understands how cars should feel and can work with existing vehicle systems to tune suspension, grip, drivetrain behavior, weight transfer, steering, braking, gearing, traction, and overall driving characteristics.

You will collaborate closely with gameplay developers, technical teams, designers, and automotive specialists to create immersive and realistic driving experiences.

Responsibilities
Configure and tune vehicle handling inside Unreal Engine 5
Balance suspension, steering, braking, grip, drivetrain, and weight transfer
Adjust vehicle behavior to match real-world references and driving characteristics
Work with existing vehicle systems and plugins
Tune classic, historic, and unique vehicles for believable driving feel
Test and iterate on vehicle setups
Collaborate with gameplay programmers and technical teams
Analyze reference materials, onboard videos, telemetry, and real-world vehicle data
Help improve the overall player driving experience
Requirements
Strong understanding of vehicle dynamics and handling
Passion for automotive culture and realistic driving behavior
Experience tuning vehicles in games, simulators, or vehicle systems
Understanding of suspension, drivetrain, differential behavior, tire grip, weight distribution, braking, and steering response
Ability to analyze and improve driving feel
Good communication skills and ability to iterate with teams
Good English communication skills
Important

We are specifically looking for creative and experienced people with portfolio or practical examples.

Please include:

Portfolio or previous projects
Examples of vehicles you worked on
Videos, setups, telemetry work, simulator experience, or tuning examples
Any experience with Unreal Engine, Chaos Vehicles, simulators, or vehicle plugins

Real-world motorsport, racing, sim racing, mechanical, or automotive experience is a strong plus.

Nice to Have
Experience with Unreal Engine 5
Experience with Chaos Vehicles or other vehicle systems
Experience with simulation games or racing games
Understanding of telemetry and vehicle data analysis
Experience with controller/force feedback tuning
Experience working with historic or unusual vehicles
Basic Blueprint knowledge
We Offer
Work on unique automotive-focused UE5 projects
Opportunity to shape the driving feel of iconic vehicles
Collaboration with an experienced Unreal Engine team
Flexible work environment
Long-term opportunities within international projects
Currently we are primarily looking for B2B cooperation, with the possibility of other forms of employment in the future