"Adjunct Instructor - Debugging with the Professional - Professional Game Development"

The ETC course 53-646 Debugging with the Professionals - Professional Game Development is seeking an adjunct instructor for the second half of the fall 2025 term.

This course is designed to prepare students for a role as a software developer in the entertainment industry. It will supplement their prior work in project courses by adding experience that will be helpful when working in a production environment. Students will practice with tools and techniques which have been identified in collaboration with ETC alumni and industry veterans. They will also develop habits and skills which their future teammates will be delighted to find they have. Although students will not be building new games in this course, they will draw from relevant experiences in other projects, supplemented artifacts curated by the instructor.

Units: 12

Course Time: 10:00am-11:50am, Mondays and Wednesdays, October 20th - November 14th

Location: PTC 5208 (700 Technology Drive)

We are seeking applicants with a strong professional background in software development. Applicants must have at least earned a bachelor’s degree in their discipline.

About Carnegie Mellon University Entertainment Technology Center: Carnegie Mellon University, located in Pittsburgh, PA, is a major research university of approximately 13,000 students, consistently ranked as one of the top research universities on the globe by US News and World Report. The Entertainment Technology Center (ETC) offers a two-year professional graduate Masters in Entertainment Technology program. Each year, an incoming class of 75-80 students pursues an educational experience addressing their professional development through applied research on interdisciplinary projects. Founded in 1998, the ETC has over 1,000 alumni whose achievements help illustrate the solid basis of the ETC's curriculum. For more information, please visit the ETC website.

Please include a cover letter and CV.

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