AR/VR/XR Visualization Research and Development Engineer
$105,900–$200,808 year
On-siteReston, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Design experiences and applications supporting collaborative visualization for national security missions. Implement APIs to pass data between disparate software and integrate novel 3D data sources using game-engine-based synthetic environments. Deploy solutions to Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality platforms while performing systems engineering to improve data flows. Develop methodologies for visualizing content using immersive technology and create tool workflows to document complex concepts. Lead prototyping of hardware and software solutions, define interaction standards, and manage sponsor relationships to ensure programs meet customer objectives. Brief research sponsors on technical solutions and draft whitepapers and proposals.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree - Engineering or Science
- 5+ years of relevant experience
- Software development proficiency (C#, Python, or Java)
- Team-based software development, troubleshooting, and deployment experience
- Software engineering, systems engineering, human computer interfaces, or visualization technologies
- Active security clearance, TS/SCI preferred, or current eligibility for access to classified information at the Secret/Top Secret level or higher and may be subject to a government background investigation to upgrade clearance eligibility, if required
- Advanced software development in C#, Python, or Java focusing on modular programming and performance
- Extended Reality (XR) application development (Unity/Unreal)
- Cloud deployment experience (AWS/Azure)
- Software containerization and deployment (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, Helm, etc.)
- DevSecOps experience
- Graphics programming – rendering, graphical shaders, etc.
- Network programming such as TCP/UDP and client-server
- Messaging interfaces (ActiveMQ, DDS, Kafka, etc.)
- Databases (PostGRES-PostGIS preferred)
- Performance optimization and process automation experience
- Geospatial data formats and standards
- Project management or related skills
- U.S. citizen
- Eligible to obtain a government security clearance
- Participate in the ARL drug testing program
- Comply with electronic and physical monitoring requirements applicable to federal contractors
- Periodic travel to remote locations
Desired Qualifications
- Master's Degree
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