Graphics Software Engineer - OpenXR

SGS Consulting; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

SGS Consulting in Washington, DC is seeking an experienced XR Software Engineer to develop OpenXR-based applications. You will architect, implement, test, and iterate end-to-end features, covering input handling, 3D scene interactions, and performance optimizations for latency-sensitive runs.

Collaborating with product and engineering teams, you will deliver high-fidelity XR experiences using Unity or Unreal, integrate platform features, and contribute to reusable components and build tools.

Qualifications

• Shipped at least one OpenXR-based app or feature to production.
• Experience with OpenXR extensions (e.g., hand tracking, eye gaze, foveated rendering, scene/space-related extensions).
• Graphics experience: Vulkan/OpenGL/DirectX, shaders, profiling tools (RenderDoc, engine profilers).
• Android XR experience (Gradle, NDK, JNI) or low-level platform integration.
• Experience building reusable components/frameworks for XR interaction or app scaffolding.

Responsibilities

• Develop XR applications using OpenXR end-to-end: architecture, implementation, testing, and iteration.
• Build interactive features: input handling (controllers, hands, action sets, haptics).
• Scene/interaction systems: grabbing, ray interactions, 3D UI.
• Rendering and performance optimizations (frame pacing, latency-sensitive updates).
• Integrate platform/runtime features where applicable (tracking spaces, passthrough/scene understanding).
• Create clean, testable code and contribute to CI/build scripts as needed.
• Debug runtime/device issues and provide clear repro steps and fixes.
• Collaborate with product/UX and engineering stakeholders, document designs, and tradeoffs.

Skills

OpenXR development

Graphics experience

Communication skills

3+ years experience

Real-time 3D apps

OpenXR extensions

C/C++ / C#

Unity

Unreal

DirectX / Vulkan

XR performance

Education

Shipped OpenXR app

OpenXR extensions

Graphics: Vulkan/OpenGL/DirectX

Android XR experience

Reusable XR components

Tools

Unity (C#)

Unreal (C++)

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• Develop XR applications using OpenXR (end-to-end: architecture, implementation, testing, and iteration).
• Build interactive features such as: Input handling (controllers, hands, action sets, haptics)
• Scene/interaction systems (grabbing, ray interactions, UI in 3D)
• Rendering and performance optimizations (frame pacing, latency-sensitive updates)
• Integrate platform/runtime features where applicable (tracking spaces, anchor-like constructs, passthrough/scene understanding if available via extensions)
• Create clean, testable code and contribute to basic CI/build scripts as needed.
• Debug runtime/device issues (graphics, tracking, input) and provide clear repro steps and fixes.
• Collaborate with product/UX and engineering stakeholders, document designs, and tradeoffs.

Skills

• Graphics Experience.
• OpenXR app development experience.
• Great communication skills.
• 3+ years of professional software development experience (or equivalent).
• Hands-on experience shipping 3D real-time applications (XR, games, simulation, or visualization).
• Practical experience with OpenXR (core concepts: instance/session, swap chains, spaces, actions).
• Strong C/C++ and/or C# skills (depending on stack), plus solid debugging skills.
• Experience with a real-time engine or framework such as: Unity (C#) and OpenXR plugin ecosystem, or
• Unreal (C++) XR pipeline, or
• Custom/native OpenXR rendering with Vulkan/OpenGL/DirectX
• Understanding of rendering/perf constraints for XR (72/90/120 FPS targets, GPU/CPU bottlenecks, latency).

Education/Experience

• Shipped at least one OpenXR-based app or feature to production.
• Experience with OpenXR extensions (e.g., hand tracking, eye gaze, foveated rendering, scene/space-related extensions).
• Graphics experience: Vulkan/OpenGL/DirectX, shaders, profiling tools (RenderDoc, engine profilers).
• Android XR experience (Gradle, NDK, JNI) or low-level platform integration.
• Experience building reusable components/frameworks for XR interaction or app scaffolding.