Design Engineer
San Francisco, CA

Job Description

Unity Labs' Authoring Tools Group makes tools for augmented and virtual reality developers. You will be specifically leading spatial design for our XR creation tools, both for virtual and mixed reality, and collaborate with the existing design team on their work for mobile AR and XR. You'll also work with the entire project team to come up with new standards and concepts for spatial interaction.

This role is a key part of Unity's goal to be the best possible realtime tool for all kinds of 3D creation. You will be helping to define and improve quick iteration and world simulation for augmented reality tools today, and spatial computing over the next decades.

Our Authoring Tools Group is a diverse team of passionate XR developers and thinkers. We care deeply about helping developers be able to make apps that can truly run in the real world. In joining the team, you'll be helping to move the entire industry forward towards real ubiquitous spatial computing.

This role is a product development role, not a prototyping or research position.

Responsibilities

* Design, build, and rapidly iterate on rich user experiences and new interfaces across multiple platforms (including AR & VR headsets and mobile devices) to explore and demonstrate new creation tools, working as part of a close-knit multidisciplinary team.
* Actually build out production-level UX from initial prototypes.
* Work with the design team to help them prototype & iterate on their ideas.
* Research & design new concepts and work out challenging problems, documenting what was done and what was learned.
* Contribute ideas to inspire and ground the team's work, and build constructively on ideas from other team members.
* Participate actively in project planning, inceptions, demonstrations and retrospectives.
* Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant design, prototyping and development tools and trends.
* Create and test prototypes to demonstrate creative thinking, and repurpose technology to discover new uses and share new technologies with the team.
* Work collaboratively with the engineering team to ensure that prototypes developed are plausible and technically feasible.

Requirements

* Technical foundation in software development at the level of a BS or MS in Computer Science. Work experience equivalent is fine.
* C# experience essential as you'll be working in Unity.
* Design foundation at the level of a BA in Interaction Design, Interactive Telecommunications or Media Arts and Sciences. Work experience equivalent is fine.
* Relevant experience with a history of interesting projects. When applying, please include links to a portfolio of your work such as apps, projects, prototypes and concept renders. This is the biggest, most important thing we want to see.
* Proficient at interaction design and prototyping for immersive systems; solid knowledge of using structure, typography, color, sound and motion to convey intent and meaning.
* Excellent problem solving skills, technical judgment and design taste.

Who we are

Unity is the creator of the world's most widely-used real-time 3D (RT3D) development platform, providing content creators around the world with the tools they need to build rich, interactive 2D, 3D, VR and AR experiences. In fact, apps made with Unity reach 2.7 billion devices worldwide, and were installed more than 24 billion times in the last 12 months.

The global engineering team keeps Unity at the forefront of technology and - working alongside partners like Magic Leap, Google, Facebook, Oculus and Microsoft - ensures optimized support for the latest technology and platforms. Unity is powering the real-time revolution, expanding beyond games and breaking into other industries including automotive, film, architecture, engineering, construction and more.

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