After a busy 2011 for Polyphony Digital, including a move and expansion to new offices in Fukuoka, the studio has recently started to advertise for new “Gran Turismo staff”. According to this translation of their home page, PD are after a number of GT-specific staff, including:
- Software engineer/Network engineer
- Online management staff
- Web design editorial staff
- HTML coding staff
- Modeling assistant
- Graphic design assistant
All the positions are located at Polyphony’s new studio in Fukuoka though applications are required in writing to the Tokyo studio. All but the first job are part time positions, which may make application a little tricky for non-Japanese residents wanting to lend their expertise to future generations of Gran Turismo.
Nevertheless, GTPlanet wishes the best of luck to any GTP members who wish to apply. For the rest of us, this is a great indication of Polyphony Digital’s direction for the future as the company continues to invest in our favorite racing franchise.
Thanks to GTPM118 for the tip!
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It’s about time to start hiring. They are clearly understaffed judging by how long we had to wait for GT5.
I keep thinking about how big GT6 will be with all new members joining PD. I hope it’ll bring them up to atleast 340 or 400 or maybe 410 members. :D
Do they have an opening for a engine sound person? They need to fire the guy who does it now.
I’m excited for GT6. That’s all. :)
This is great to hear; looking forward to what will change at PD with new people.
Yeah right.. like that’ll happen.
Gosh, that’s a beautiful office… I wish my house looked like that.
Um i have some experience in car modeling xD. but compare to what these guys accomplish when it comes to car models. i have no chance of getting hired LOL.
That interesting to hear. Let’s just hope that GT6 will be release in 2013/2014.
I’m pretty sure any hiring that’s going on there will be in preparations for GT6, they may bring the new editions on in time to work on some DLC with the experienced staff–just so they can get a feel for the Polyphony way of doing things, but ultimately I think this means there will be more focus pointed toward the next game; I mean, they have to start sometime right? I don’t want to wait until 2018 for GT6, and I’m looking forward to a new (non-Sony rushed) installment where this Standard/Premium problem doesn’t exist, there are still a few things I hope they fix here–and a collection of vehicles/tracks I wish to see added/returned, but I wouldn’t mind if they devoted some attention toward their next step, so we won’t have the wait and disappointments from before..
They need a good lawyer for their business on the west coast. I’ve got just the guy for them…
if it’s for Gran Turismo development, I’m up for a lot of software work, game testing, and real life track time testing and validating the code and feedback in the wheel, visiting the Nurburgring and driving a lot of sports cars which could be a tough task to ask, but I’ll do it. :)
PD ONLY NEEDS MORE (SKILLED) SOUND ENGINEERS!!! period
I hope they hire someone for better sounds!
They need to hire more sound designers! That is the main weak point of the GT series :(
I wonder if they have any / will ever have any openings for animators…
But being a traditional 2D cel animator probably wouldn’t work out to well for me at a 3D Gaming company haha!
Add Montegi race track
^I agree with this, i’ve liked the most DLC car sounds, maybe they are really giving more love to this from now on.
And i hope they improve the other cars too.
Any chance they may be interested in hiring an accountant….
Hire me so I can make at least one
premium truck
Graphic design assistant, hmmmm, always wanted to go to Japan! Drooling just looking at that workspace, good lord.
so do they still only retain 1 A.I. programmer, like it says in the GT5 credits? Can they hire a large BOOT to kick him square in the arse?
+ 10
“Commuting” to Japan? Getting a bit expensive when you live at the other end of the world. Do they pay the flights? lol
Good luck to everyone, getting one of these dream jobs. Could only be topped by a job at the shooting of Lost, Jurassic Park, Pirates of the Caribbean 4, Windtalkers,… (Oahu, Hawaii). :D
Hang on a min don’t they need to sort the online bug out first before they start hiring.
If they don’t then there won’t be many people buying or supporting GT’s anymore.
This is what and development company do before working on a new project. GT6??
I hope that building for the elite sound engineers they will be hiring. LMAO
I would really like to see they are hiring SOUND ENGINEER finally…
Would like to have that GT logo in the first picture…YEAH!
All the complainers should apply.
Maybe they will be able to give us the perfect game…:)
No, no and no… They will destroy this game. Those who complain the most are usually those who can not do anything.
@Sasek’s right, really they would they would ruin everything… My opinion btw.
hire me so i can delete all the standards and skylines.
Would be cool to work for them :D
Maybe they’ll have enough employees to make some A-Spec DLC now?
The modelling assistant would be an awesome job
Google is the dream job in America. Ferrari is the dream job in Italy. And I bet Polyphony Digital is the dream job in Japan :)
Can I just pay PD to live in their HQ without working? 0_0
That place looks awesome! xD
If Graphic design in anyway also involves things like Photoshop, I’m up for that completely. Up for the other aspects too.
Graphic Design is mainly technical drawing and CAD (Computer Aided Design).
Dear PD-> If you need an Automotive and Race Track consultant I am willing to up the task. Willing to move in Japan, willing to travel globally with no jet-lag, extensive researching and speculation skills, adaptable automotive driving skills, internet ambassador for PD possible. I can live within either Manila, Las Vegas and Fukuoka area. Please contact me here in GTP.
Better chance of winning the lottery.
And contact me as well, I’ll do the same things as mentioned above for 100 dollars less. LoL
I really like your guys ideas for the GT franchise. How about a GT Autovista for gran turismo featuring all cars if possible. :) This news sounds so exciting. :D
Kaz if you need a COBOL programmer I’m available…
ROFL!!! I know a bit of FORTRAN as well…
Hire me, PD. I’ll show you how to balance a car list so that all countries are represented fairly.
That balance, which you speak of, also depends on licensing the cars. Some manufacturers either deal with only some software companies –as is the case in Porsche and Microsoft– while others just refuse to have their products featured in games. So to all those complaining that there are too many Japanese cars in GT5: have you considered that it’s definitely easier for them to get Japanese licenses than any other!
PD needs a sound engineer, and a very good one! Thats all.
An entire sound engineers team to say the truth =p
+1
yes please!
+2
+1
On a related note, the new MINI CLUBMAN (DLC) sounds just like the real thing. So maybe now that they have had more time to fine-tune things like the sound, etc, (as opposed to them being rushed by Sony to get GT out the door as soon as possible) that the next batch of cars will sound better. And, hopefully, they’ll add the real sound of all cars to all of them by way of updates.
I knew there was a reason why i decided to choose Jap1! Now if only that spot would be open when im 16 and have a licence.
I’m amazed they don’t have a PR and Communications role open… because there isn’t anyone doing it at the moment
They should have a test driver too. We could be open for that job
Hopefully this extra man power is being brought in to fix all the online issues and finish developing GT5 instead of barging ahead into GT6. Finish what you started Kaz.
12 hour flight a day to get to work.. no big deal
18+ for me….. actually screw it, ill buy a little motor home, and live in the PD parking lot
a 12 hour flight to work. How fast does the x2011 go again??? We could draft each other to work
@alexlam24:
How’s the X2011 gonna perform on water?
clearly we will have to build a tunnel first
THEN
we draft each other to work and back
redbull gives you wings remember?
Drive it upside down… “should fly” No?…. Worth a try!
Well guys, quit your jobs, get your resume ready and lets go to Japan!
Oh, and I think PD also needs some sort of support QA to make sure that things like sounds and little details like that are ok.
I can be the ingame sound tester. You can be the ingame physics tester
I want to be the modeling tech, that I can bring unique cars to the GT franchise and even tour the world to recreate so many cars snd take them for a spin.
Though I’m major is Automotive Tech and I’m gonna see about a minor with a graphic design/multimedia. Because even with the knowledge about car mechanics, I can bring some ‘mad scientist’ tunes like engine swaps, drivetrain conversions, wind tunnel testing and dyno tuning. Imagine the hours in the tuning menu and experiments on Route X or the ‘Ring! :D
a great idea that i made up is an addon is that you can post replays on youtube or facebook
Kaz already said. The lack of ram on the PS3 made the uploading feature take forever. Thats why they killed that plan
And have 1billion meningless replays on youtube… No thanks !
This is what I would do as graphic design assistant.
1. Convert all standards to premium
2. NO TO THE JAGGIES.
Convert the Citroen 2CV Type A to premium please!
Thats a nice looking office.
A dream job for any GT fan.
Its quite good im doing ALL of these at college. :D
Lucky for me I live in Tokyo, applying now!
いいな~!俺GT大好きけど、プログラミング知識全くゼロだわ!w
羨ましい
wow, if only i wasnt in the last year of my degree…
I would release the source code to gtplanet if i got the job. boo ya
I really love too, but I suck so hard at stuff like this. Wish everyone luck who joins in. ;)
There maybe a livery editior in the future? Imgain how much people will join PD. *.* The future shines so bright. :D Not jinxing by the way…
The bigger the PD staff is the better for us!!!
The bigger staff – more expencive DLCs ;)
@lambob
Nurburgring is in germany ;)
Can you not see the ‘reply’ button?.. or the ‘delete’ button?
@Wilde666, they missed that along with their latest sense of humor top up.
Nurburgring is in germany ;)
What they really really need is a new sound engineer! I nominate Griffith 500!!
+1
sign me up
I LIKE THAT A LOT! obviously we help them get some extra money with dlc’s
Wow this is an amazing opportunity AND just think of what it will mean for GT6!
Will it be delayed?
Nah i´m just kidding, i dont want to Jinx GT6.
Good luck to everyone that applies!
@mclarenfreak you do realize that you did jinx it by saying you don’t want to jinx it.
Um…you do realize a jinx isn’t real?
GD Assistant, sorry will only take Sr position.
As far as I remember they’ve had that on their japanese website that since at least 2010.
The Wayback machine appears to confirm this.
I noticed that, too. But I do want to believe that they are also hiring new people now, so that the next installment of the GT series will be as big as ever before.
How would I ever find time to actually work, I’d be driving the Nurburgring all day.
Wrong country, the Nurburgring is in Nurburg, Germany.
The track is also included in the latest Gran Turismo game.
Man, you two just KILLED that joke… Lol.
It would be nice if they could set up some sort of base here in the US. Anyway, I’m really glad to hear they’re hiring more staff! More employees means faster releases! :D
Good to hear, maybe this will help cut time when it comes to developing Gran Turismo 6.
Dammit. I don’t fancy a journey from the Midlands, UK to Japan… But I could come in handy, being an Aerospace Engineer and knowing 14 programming languages… Just my luck! xD
Good luck to those who apply!
apply! it’ll be a better game with your qualifications… the red bull air race!
I’m going to school for engineering. Hire me…when I graduate in a few years.
or now *gives diploma*
I wish i lived in Japan now
wow!!!! yet another reason why i would like to move to Japan!!!
i love it more than my own country and ive never been…..YET!
Good luck to those that are lucky enough to apply!
little bit of a trek, rofl
My commute is bad enough every day. I can’t imaging commuting from the US to Japan. :D
It would be worth it if I could be Car and Track List decider.