Senior Experience Engineer

USP College; Chelmsford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted gym membership

Hybrid working

Immersive teaching rooms

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

USP College in Chelmsford is seeking a Senior Experience Engineer to lead architecture and development of immersive XR learning experiences, combining Unity/C# development with scalable technical platforms. You will drive prototypes through to deployment, mentor staff, and collaborate with curriculum, research, and commercial teams, while ensuring accessibility, performance and reliability across projects.

The role offers hybrid working, opportunities to work with motion capture, photogrammetry,

Qualifications

• Essential degree-level qualification and at least five years' experience in a comparable technical development role.
• Advanced Unity, C# and XR development experience, including Quest, OpenXR and XR Interaction Toolkit.
• Proven ability to design and deliver scalable interactive experiences, game systems and multi-system technical platforms.
• Strong knowledge of 3D production, software engineering standards, accessibility, performance and quality assurance.
• Excellent technical leadership, planning, communication and stakeholder-management skills, with a collaborative and inclusive approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, development and continuous improvement of XR Studios' immersive experiences and technical platforms.
• Shape projects across curriculum innovation, research and development, and commercial client work.
• Support demonstrations, workshops, client projects and studio activity involving motion capture, green screen, photogrammetry and content capture.
• Mentor early-career team members and promote a collaborative, high-performing culture.

Skills

Unity

C#

XR development

OpenXR

XR Toolkit

3D production

Accessibility

Leadership

Performance QA

Education

Degree-level qualification

Tools

Unreal Engine

Normcore

Photon Fusion

Unity Netcode

Shader development

Job description

XR Studios is looking for a skilled and creative Senior Experience Engineer to lead the technical development of immersive learning experiences. You'll work at the heart of a growing studio that brings together extended reality (XR), simulation, 3D content and emerging technologies to create meaningful learning, research and commercial projects. Working closely with the Studio Lead, you'll take ideas from early concept and prototype through to high-quality deployment and ongoing improvement. You'll build reusable technical platforms, set clear development standards and help ensure every experience is accessible, reliable and engaging. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who combines strong Unity development skills with technical leadership, creative problem-solving and a passion for helping others learn and grow. Interviews will be held on an ongoing basis. About the role As our Senior Experience Engineer, you'll lead the architecture, development and continuous improvement of XR Studios' immersive experiences and technical platforms. You'll help shape projects across curriculum innovation, research and development, and commercial client work. You'll also support demonstrations, workshops, client projects and studio activity involving motion capture, green screen, photogrammetry and content capture. You'll play a key role in building a consistent, scalable and high-performing technical foundation for the studio's future work., Our strategy is to create a Career Focused, Digital Learning environment, ensuring that the learner experience and our relationship within our community, local and regional employers, are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to be selected as finalists for the AoC Beacon awards for effective use of digital Technology in FE. Providing a high achieving, focused learning environment allowing our students to achieve the grades they need for higher educations, or the skills and aptitude required to secure a suitable role in their chosen career. Our college is set in the leafy suburbs of Essex, with easy access to surrounding areas and amenities, we are based in a well-connected location both by road and rail.

• Discounted gym membershipHybrid Working availableFully immersive teaching rooms allow simultaneous online teaching at multiple locationsFree Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7, 365 days offering legal & financial advice, as well as general support & guidance
• subject to terms & conditions

This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Self-declaration is subject to Ministry of Justice guidance on the disclosure of criminal records, further information can be found on GOV UK USP College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, we therefore expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service, and any other checks that the role requires to ascertain suitability for working with children and/or vulnerable adults, which may include online searches. We will hold and process any personal data, including sensitive (special category) personal data, relating to you in accordance with our legal obligations, in the manner set out in the Privacy Notice for staff and in accordance with our Data Protection Policy, which is set out on the College's website, found here. You should familiarise yourself with our Data Protection Policy (and all other subsidiary policies to it) and comply with them at all times. Neither the Privacy Notice for Staff nor those policies form a part of your contract of employment.

management and progress reporting.Contribute to commercial growth through prototypes, demonstrations, client training, workshops, consultancy and business-development activity.Build strong relationships with clients, partners and colleagues while mentoring early-career team members and promoting a collaborative, high-performing culture.

The Right Candidate Will Have:

Essential skills and experienceRelevant degree-level qualification and at least five years' experience in a comparable technical development role.Advanced Unity, C# and XR development experience, including Quest, OpenXR and XR Interaction Toolkit.Proven ability to design and deliver scalable interactive experiences, game systems and multi-system technical platforms.Strong knowledge of 3D production, software engineering standards, accessibility, performance and quality assurance.Excellent technical leadership, planning, communication and stakeholder-management skills, with a collaborative and inclusive approach.Desirable skills and experiencePostgraduate qualification or professional certification in XR, games development, immersive technology or a related field.Experience with multiplayer or co-location frameworks, such as Normcore, Photon Fusion or Unity Netcode.Experience using Unreal Engine, shader development and graphics optimisation for mobile XR hardware.Experience integrating AI or machine-learning APIs into Unity applications, including learning-data standards such as xAPI or SCORM.Understanding of instructional design and experience mentoring or developing early-career colleagues.