Helix AI Engineer, XR

Figure; Sacramento (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Figure, based in San Jose, CA, seeks an XR-focused engineer to join our small but impactful XR team. You’ll contribute to a variety of projects, debugging XR apps, running hardware experiments, and building interfaces that scale with our robot systems.

You’ll thrive here if you love fast iteration, have strong C++ skills, and are comfortable working across hardware and software, from data capture to visualization and UX challenges.

Qualifications

• Deep hands-on XR development experience with modern XR toolsets and engines.
• Comfortable in XR for extended periods as a daily environment.
• Strong C++ programming skills.
• Experience with video streaming and low-latency transmission systems.
• Experience with high-precision motion-capture systems and tracking technologies.
• Startup experience and ability to operate with ambiguity and speed.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain XR products to interface with robots and data-capture hardware, implementing features, fixing bugs, and ensuring reliability as we scale.
• Design and build out intuitive spatial user interfaces and visualizations.
• Harden XR data sync processes to ensure reliability.
• Integrate custom hardware stacks with off-the-shelf XR headsets.
• Jump across hardware experiments, bug fixes, and new feature development as priorities shift.

Skills

XR development

C++

Video streaming

Motion capture

Tools

OpenXR

Unity

Godot

Unreal Engine

WebXR

Job description

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our humanoid robot, Figure 03, is designed for commercial tasks and the home. We are based in San Jose, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It's time to build.

Figure is building the world's most capable general-purpose humanoid robot. XR systems play a key role in teaching our robots how to understand the world around them.

The Role

You’ll be working within our small but impactful XR team, contributing to a number of critical projects. One morning you might be debugging an XR app, the next afternoon you're running a hardware experiment on the robot. You'll thrive here if you love that kind of variety and move fast without needing a playbook.

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain XR products to interface with our robots and data-capture hardware - implementing features, fixing bugs, and ensuring reliability as we scale
• Design and build out intuitive spatial user interfaces and visualizations
• Harden our XR data sync processes
• Integrate custom hardware stacks with off-the-shelf XR headsets
• Jump across hardware experiments, bug fixes, and new feature development as priorities shift

What We’re Looking For

• Deep hands-on XR development experience - OpenXR, Unity, Godot, Unreal Engine, and/or WebXR
• Comfortable working in XR for extended periods; this is your daily environment, not an occasional tool
• Strong C++
• Experience with video streaming and low-latency transmission systems
• Experience with high-precision motion-capture systems and tracking technologies
• Startup experience — you know how to operate with ambiguity and move fast
• Bonus: computer vision, robotics, custom hardware, cloud APIs, haptics

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.