XR Visualization R&D Engineer

Penn State University; University Park (TX); On-site; USD 106,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Penn State University’s Applied Research Laboratory seeks a Visualization Research and Development Engineer to advance collaborative visualization, VR, and AR for national security missions. This on-site role is based in State College, PA or Reston, VA, with periodic travel.

You will design experiences, APIs, and 3D data visualization solutions, deploying to VR/AR platforms and documenting results for sponsors. Advanced professionals may lead projects and develop new sponsor relationships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Science.
• 5+ years of relevant experience for Advanced Professional track.
• 2+ years of relevant experience for Intermediate Professional track.

Responsibilities

• Design experiences, interactions, and applications that support effective collaboration for research sponsors.
• Design and implement APIs to pass data between software applications.
• Develop methodologies for integrating and disseminating 3D data sources using game-engine frameworks.
• Create tool workflows to illustrate complex concepts.
• Deploy solutions to VR/AR platforms and hardware.
• Develop engineering and technical documentation and whitepapers.

Skills

C#

Python

Java

Team-based development

Visualization technologies

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Unity

Unreal

AWS

Azure

PostGRES-PostGIS

Job description

Penn State University’s Applied Research Laboratory seeks a Visualization Research and Development Engineer to advance collaborative visualization, VR, and AR for national security missions. This on-site role is based in State College, PA or Reston, VA, with periodic travel.

You will design experiences, APIs, and 3D data visualization solutions, deploying to VR/AR platforms and documenting results for sponsors. Advanced professionals may lead projects and develop new sponsor relationships.