Immersive Visualization Engineer, AR/VR/XR R&D

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University is seeking a Visualization Research and Development Engineer to advance collaboration-focused visualization, VR and AR applications for national security missions. This on-site role supports sponsored projects from State College, PA or Reston, VA with occasional travel.

You will design experiences, APIs, and 3D data visualization pipelines, deploy to VR/AR platforms, and prepare technical documentation and proposals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Science with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Active security clearance, TS/SCI preferred, or eligibility for Secret/Top Secret access.

Responsibilities

• Design experiences, interactions, and applications that support effective collaboration for research sponsors.
• Design and implement APIs to pass data between disparate software applications.
• Develop methodologies for effective integration, visualization, and dissemination of novel 3D data sources using game-engine-based frameworks.
• Create tool workflows or visual communication methods to illustrate complex concepts.
• Deploy solutions to VR/AR platforms and integrate with synthetic environment frameworks.

Skills

C#

Python

Java

Team-based development

Software engineering

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering/Science

Master's Degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Unity

Unreal

AWS

PostGIS

Job description

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University is seeking a Visualization Research and Development Engineer to advance collaboration-focused visualization, VR and AR applications for national security missions. This on-site role supports sponsored projects from State College, PA or Reston, VA with occasional travel.

You will design experiences, APIs, and 3D data visualization pipelines, deploy to VR/AR platforms, and prepare technical documentation and proposals.