Software Engineer

Contract: 12 Months+

• How will performance be measured: Ability to work collaboratively
• Ability to be flexible and "go with the flow" of the team
• Prototyping skills
• Good-to-Haves: flexible, deals well with ambiguity, can prioritize well, prototyping spirit, interest in the research, moves fast

Typical Day in the Role:

• Creating AR/VR research prototypes (e.g., VR experiences that test a new interaction technique or interface) based on the ideas of researchers
• Building software tools for researchers and engineers
• Building experiments to run with end users or study participants

Job Responsibilities:

• Build, test, and refine novel interactive prototypes to advance the team's research roadmap.
• Build and maintain software prototypes that use inputs from different device and server sources and outputs.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to build novel AR/VR prototypes and algorithms.
• Collaborate with researchers to run experiments on interaction prototypes with end-users.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or related fields.
• 2+ years of experience developing interactions and interfaces and/or building prototypes for end-users.
• 3+ years of experience building in Unity and C# (including experience developing for VR).
• 3+ years of experience utilizing general software engineering skills, including debugging, version control, logging, documentation, code reviewing, etc.
• Interpersonal skills, including cross-group collaboration and cross-culture collaboration.

Must-Haves / Non-Negotiable Skills:

• Skilled developing VR applications and experiences in Unity/C#
• Quick prototyping and iterating on ideas, building them into usable prototype systems
• Skilled developing interactive real-time systems

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience programming in C++ and/or Python.
• Experience running user studies and analyzing data.
• Experience working with sensors, wearable devices, input device signals/data, basic machine learning.
• Familiarity with AR/VR technologies.