Immersive Visualization R&D Engineer (VR/AR/XR)

Applied Research Laboratory at the Penn State University; United States; On-site; USD 105,900 - 200,808; Full time

Job summary

Applied Research Laboratory at the Penn State University is seeking a Visualization Research and Development Engineer to join the Advanced Visualization Department. You will design experiences and APIs to enable collaboration, develop 3D data visualization methods, and deploy VR/AR solutions across platforms.

The role involves systems engineering, briefings to sponsors, and technical documentation. On-site work is in State College, PA or Reston, VA with periodic travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
• Ability to obtain DoD security clearance.

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 integration, visualization, and dissemination of novel 3D data sources using game-engine-based environments.
• Create tool workflows or visual communication methods using internal/external toolkits.
• Integrate features with synthetic environment frameworks across sponsor projects.
• Deploy VR/AR solutions on major hardware platforms (Meta, Varjo, HTC, etc.).
• Perform systems engineering to improve data flows and processes.
• Brief sponsors on technical solutions; develop engineering documentation and whitepapers.

Skills

C#

Python

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Unity

Unreal

Job description

Applied Research Laboratory at the Penn State University is seeking a Visualization Research and Development Engineer to join the Advanced Visualization Department. You will design experiences and APIs to enable collaboration, develop 3D data visualization methods, and deploy VR/AR solutions across platforms.

The role involves systems engineering, briefings to sponsors, and technical documentation. On-site work is in State College, PA or Reston, VA with periodic travel.