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The VR Job Hub: Vicarious Surgical & Magnopus

Welcome to another VR Job Hub where every weekend gmw3 gathers together vacancies from across the virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) and now Web3 industries, in locations around the globe to help make finding that ideal job easier. Below is a selection of roles that are currently accepting applications across a number of disciplines, all within departments and companies that focus on immersive entertainment.

Location Company Role Link
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical Chief of Staff Click Here to Apply
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical Senior Manager of Downstream Marketing Click Here to Apply
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical UI Designer Click Here to Apply
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical Advanced Manufacturing Engineer Click Here to Apply
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical Senior Human Resources Business Partner Click Here to Apply
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical Senior Director of Quality Click Here to Apply
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical Electrical Engineer II Click Here to Apply
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical Senior Mechanical Designer Click Here to Apply
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical Senior Systems Engineer Click Here to Apply
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical Director of Software Engineering Click Here to Apply
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical Senior DevOps Engineer Click Here to Apply
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical Senior Embedded Software Engineer Click Here to Apply
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical Senior Software Architect Click Here to Apply
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical Senior Software Product Owner Click Here to Apply
Waltham, MA Vicarious Surgical Vice President of Software Engineering Click Here to Apply
St Albans/Remote (UK) Magnopus Associate Art Director Click Here to Apply
St Albans/Remote (UK) Magnopus Lead Artist Click Here to Apply
St Albans/Remote (UK) Magnopus 3D Motion Designer Click Here to Apply
St Albans/Remote (UK) Magnopus Senior DevOps Engineer Click Here to Apply
St Albans/Remote (UK) Magnopus QA Analyst Click Here to Apply
St Albans/Remote (UK) Magnopus Lead Unity Programmer Click Here to Apply
St Albans/Remote (UK) Magnopus Unreal Programmer Click Here to Apply
St Albans/Remote (UK) Magnopus Senior Web 3D Programmer Click Here to Apply
Los Angeles/Remote (US) Magnopus Senior Backend Server Multiplayer Engineer Click Here to Apply
Los Angeles/Remote (US) Magnopus DevOps Manager Click Here to Apply
Los Angeles/Remote (US) Magnopus Senior Interactive Producer Click Here to Apply
Los Angeles/Remote (US) Magnopus Senior Unity Engineer Click Here to Apply

Don’t forget, if there wasn’t anything that took your fancy this week there are always last week’s listings on The VR Job Hub to check as well.

If you are an employer looking for someone to fill an immersive technology-related role – regardless of the industry – don’t forget you can send us the lowdown on the position and we’ll be sure to feature it in that following week’s feature. Details should be sent to Peter Graham (community@gmw3.com).

We’ll see you next week on gmw3 at the usual time of 3PM (UK) for another selection of jobs from around the world.

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The VR Job Hub: Pico Interactive, Cloudhead Games & Leia Inc.

Welcome to another VR Job Hub where every weekend gmw3 gathers together vacancies from across the virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) and now Web3 industries, in locations around the globe to help make finding that ideal job easier. Below is a selection of roles that are currently accepting applications across a number of disciplines, all within departments and companies that focus on immersive entertainment.

Location Company Role Link
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Game Operation Manager, Pico Studios Click Here to Apply
Seattle, WA Pico Interactive Head of Overseas Content Eco System, Pico Studios Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Display Architect (MicroLEDs) Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Head of Consumer Sales Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Operation Manager Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Head of VR Game Strategy – Pico Studios Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive User Researcher VR – Pico Studios Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Optical Design Engineer Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Head of Pico Studios Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Color Scientist Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Business Development Manager – Games Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Tech Lead Manager, Product Design Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Enterprise Marketing Manager Click Here to Apply
Seattle, WA Pico Interactive Haptic UX Prototyper Click Here to Apply
Seattle, WA Pico Interactive Haptic Software Engineer Click Here to Apply
Seattle, WA Pico Interactive Haptic Hardware Scientist Click Here to Apply
Seattle, WA Pico Interactive Haptic Controls Engineer Click Here to Apply
Seattle, WA Pico Interactive Haptic Research Scientist (Perception & Interactions) Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Imaging Display Architect Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Optical Design Engineer Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Vision Scientist Click Here to Apply
Mountain View, CA Pico Interactive Perceptual Imaging Architect Click Here to Apply
Vancouver, Canada/Remote Cloudhead Games Lead Engineer Click Here to Apply
Vancouver, Canada/Remote Cloudhead Games Gameplay Engineer Click Here to Apply
Menlo Park, CA Leia Inc. Display Optical Engineer Click Here to Apply
Menlo Park, CA Leia Inc. Display Optical Metrology Engineer Click Here to Apply
Menlo Park, CA Leia Inc. Field Solution Engineer Click Here to Apply
Menlo Park, CA/Remote Leia Inc. Principle Graphics Engineer Click Here to Apply
Menlo Park, CA Leia Inc. Procurement Technician Click Here to Apply
Menlo Park, CA Leia Inc. Senior Software Engineer – Unreal SDK & Tools Click Here to Apply

Don’t forget, if there wasn’t anything that took your fancy this week there are always last week’s listings on The VR Job Hub to check as well.

If you are an employer looking for someone to fill an immersive technology-related role – regardless of the industry – don’t forget you can send us the lowdown on the position and we’ll be sure to feature it in that following week’s feature. Details should be sent to Peter Graham (community@gmw3.com).

We’ll see you next week on gmw3 at the usual time of 3PM (UK) for another selection of jobs from around the world.

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ByteDance Expanding Pico Interactive’s VR Plans Into the US

May saw Pico Interactive finally take its first steps out of the consumer market in Asia with a limited release of the Neo3 Link headset in Europe. Up until this point, Pico had only focused on enterprise customers globally. Now the company is looking towards the US market as job listings on ByteDance’s website show a range of positions available across the West Coast.

Pico Neo 3 Link
Image credit: Pico Interactive

First spotted by Protocol, there are more than 40 vacancies ByteDance is looking to fill for Pico Interactive’s expansion. With the website saying ByteDance has: ““tons of money” for VR games and experiences”, the listings mainly focus on the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle and San Diego.

Looking to fund lots of new content through Pico Studios, positions available include Head of Pico Studios, Head of VR Game Strategy, Head of Consumer Sales, Head of Overseas Content Ecosystem and an Operation Manager. There are also plenty of engineering roles across systems, optics, and other disciplines.

While nothing official has been announced regarding a consumer launch in the US, Pico Interactive is certainly looking to increase its presence there to compete with Meta. The Pico Neo3 Link is seen as one of the very few competitors to the Meta Quest 2, sporting a very similar specification list and videogame library. Titles such as SUPERHOT VR, Puzzling Places, After the Fall, Walkabout Mini Golf, Elven Table Tennis, and Demeo are all natively supported by the device which is also compatible with StereamVR.

Pico Neo3 Link

Nothing is likely to happen in the US until Pico has completed its European role out. Pico has continually said that the European release of Neo3 Link is a “beta Launch”, where only one headset can be purchased per customer. The headset is available in Germany (where the Quest 2 isn’t available), France, Spain, The Netherlands and now the UK for £399 GBP.

Whether ByteDance and Pico can compete with Meta is another question entirely, with the latest IDC figures putting Meta Quest 2 sales at nearly 15 million. Attracting more developers, as well as funding original content, might help Pico but the Neo3 Link’s biggest draw could be not having to connect it to a social network.

As Pico Interactive reveal further details, gmw3 will keep you informed.

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Ubisoft Now Hiring For VR Project In India

Ubisoft looks like it is expanding its VR efforts even further beyond our initial reports.

In early September we reported the discovery of several new listings at one of Ubisoft’s three Blue Byte offices in Dusseldorf, Germany. At the time, the company told us it was hiring both for its location-based VR experiences and “a new AAA VR project”. The Ubisoft Reflections team in Newcastle, UK, is also hiring for a VR-focused Lead Character Artist role.

A New Challenger Approaches

This month, though, we’ve discovered yet more listings for a VR project, this time in Pune, India. There the company is looking for Development Tester, Unity Developer, VFX Artist, Art Director, Level Designer and Character Artist roles.

The listings themselves don’t reveal much. The Unity Developer role does, however, state that the successful applicant “will be working closely with Lead/Technical Manager/Producer to develop and provide solutions on VR devices in the process of creating games by maintaining high coding standards.”

Initially, we’d have assumed this team would be assisting in the creation of the VR game in development at Blue Byte. The existence of Art Director and Level Designer roles, however, has us wondering if it could be separate. In a listing for a Game Director for the VR project at Blue Byte, Ubisoft states the game will be “developed across multiple studios,” though.

Reports from earlier this year suggested Facebook signed a deal with Ubisoft for two VR games. One would be a new entry in the Splinter Cell series, another in the Assassin’s Creed franchise. The rate at which the company is now hiring for VR projects lends some weight to those reports.

But questions remain. Is Ubisoft developing one game at a time? Or does the use of multiple studios suggest the company is developing them simultaneously? We likely won’t know for some time yet.

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Flurry of New Apple ‘AR/VR’ Job Listings Point to New Products on the Horizon

A flurry of new job listings for Apple’s secretive ‘Technology Development Group’ suggests that the company has reached a new phase of turning its years of AR/VR R&D into actual upcoming products. Two of the most intriguing among the new job listings are the roles of ‘AR/VR Demo Evangelist’ and ‘Product Manager, AR/VR’.

It’s no secret that Apple has been doing lots of R&D in the AR and VR space for years now. The company was seeking candidates with relevant experience at least as far back as 2014, and has been actively building up AR functionality in its iOS products. However, Apple only barely dipped its toe into VR, but in recent years has become publicly silent on the subject.

Something interesting about the company’s latest hiring activity is that it’s now specifically looking for roles headlined with ‘AR/VR’, where previous listings generally only mentioned AR up front. It’s difficult to say if the change marks a meaningful difference in what the company is working toward, or the progress therein, but some of the listings themselves offer significant clues.

With most activity coming in just the last week, the company listed at least 11 new jobs for ‘AR/VR’ headlined roles specifically (while heaps more indicate a requirement or preference for AR and VR experience deeper in the job listing):

AR/VR Graphics Engineer May 3, 2019
AR/VR System UI Engineer Jun 17, 2019
AR/VR Software Engineer Jun 19, 2019
AR/VR Realtime 3D Software Engineer Jul 2, 2019
AR/VR System Frameworks Engineer Jul 23, 2019
Senior Embedded AR/VR Quality Engineer Jul 24, 2019
AR/VR Software Tools Developer Jul 24, 2019
AR/VR Demo Evangelist Jul 24, 2019
Embedded AR/VR Quality Engineer Jul 24, 2019
AR/VR System Software Engineer Jul 24, 2019
Product Manager, AR/VR Aug 1, 2019

 

One of the most notable roles is the ‘AR/VR Demo Evangelist‘, which is tasked with literally giving internal AR/VR demos at the company, as well as engaging in user research and generally introducing and inspiring the broader Apple team (including executives) with exciting tech demos.

The AR/VR Demo Evangelist will execute project demos, user research investigations, and cross functional lab efforts.

In this role, you will be responsible for facilitating state of the art demos to a large range of audiences. You will partner with applications and product design teams to drive various internal user research studies, while supporting multi- functional lab and competitive analysis efforts. Working with highly specialized engineers and PM’s.

This most likely means one of two things: 1) Apple’s AR/VR R&D has moved into the productization stage, so the company now needs someone internally to start showing the rest of the company what the new tech can do and how to start thinking about it & building for it. Or 2), Apple just wants someone who can take off the shelf AR/VR hardware and content and start showing it around the company to generally familiarize the broader Apple team with the potential of AR/VR. It’s difficult to say, but another job listing makes #1 seem most likely.

The ‘Product Manager, AR/VR‘ listing is significant because the Product Manager role typically describes someone which oversees the processes of turning R&D into an actual product offering. A Product Manager, for instance, might decide what features and specs are or aren’t important for the product, what the product should look like, what kind of customer it’s for, and create a roadmap for actually getting the product to market.

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Indeed, Apple’s listing says it’s looking for a candidate with “a track record for shipping complex new technology, ideally in the AR/VR space” who will be tasked with “creat[ing] and lead[ing] the product roadmap for the subject portfolio,” with these qualifications, among others:

  • 5+ years experience in Product Management of consumer facing digital products, or, 3+ years Product Management experience in AR/VR technology with consumer facing experiences.
  • A deep understanding of the Apple ecosystem and the AR/VR market, technologies and applications.

Of course this calls into question recent rumors that Apple suspended work on its consumer AR headset. If those rumors are actually true, it’s quite possible that (with all of the R&D Apple has been doing in this space) that the ‘cancellation’ was actually Apple eliminating one or more internal ventures in favor of bringing another to market. Other reports indicate that Apple may be targeting its first headset product for 2020.

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Indeed Report Finds VR/AR Job Postings Increase by 1314%

Every Sunday VRFocus publishes The VR Job Hub, a weekly listing of the best vacancies in the virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) industries. Recently, one of the biggest job sites in the world, Indeed, released a report on the gaming industry, revealing a growing surge in VR/AR jobs and searches for them.

Indeed VR/AR Metro Area

As the industry has grown so naturally so has the need to find suitable candidates. Since 2014 Indeed has found that the share of job postings per million for AR and VR roles has increased by 1314.44%, while job searches have increased by 951.89% in the same timeframe. Most recently over the last year (Feb 18 – Feb 19), the site reports that the share of job postings per million roles has increased by 21.86%, but job searches have by comparison decreased by 13.48%.

For those interested in a job role within the industry, a good place to be based isn’t the west coast, instead, it’s North Carolina, with the state home to the most vacancies in the US at 9.5%, located in Charlotte and Raleigh (where Epic Games is based).

One of the more interesting stats to come out of the report relates to searches involving internships. While not every company offers such positions, there are plenty of people out there looking for those that do with searches for AR/VR internships up 1,220% in the last five years.

The report states that: “2019 will be an interesting year for the gaming industry. Esports and AR/VR remain prime areas to watch, with plentiful opportunities on the horizon. What’s more, we see an increasing number of opportunities available in parts of the country that previously had few, meaning job seekers no longer need to move to coastal tech hubs to pursue their dreams.”

While this is certainly good news for those seeking a way into the VR/AR industry, the report is only for the US, meaning its just the tip of the iceberg. Europe is another major player in the VR ecosystem, take a look at the VR Fund’s industry landscape to see a wealth of companies focused on these technologies from both sides of the pond. And don’t forget to check out the latest VR Job Hub every Sunday as VRFocus publishes the latest positions.

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Google Appears to Be Ramping Up R&D Efforts for “New and novel” AR/VR Lenses

Though there wasn’t much groundbreaking in the Daydream news shared at Google I/O this year, the company is growing its AR/VR team at an accelerated rate, suggesting Google has a number of things up its sleeve yet. One recent job listing which caught our eye suggests that the company is ramping up its R&D efforts for lenses, now hiring a ‘Diamond Turning Technician’ to assist with rapid prototyping of “new and novel” optics for AR and VR devices.

Among flurry of job listings for Google’s Daydream AR/VR team seen so far this year was something that we haven’t spotted previously: the company is seeking a Diamond Turning Technician experienced in operating “state of the art” lathe equipment used for precision optics prototyping. While we’ve known for some time that Google has been designing custom lenses for their Daydream products, the new job listing suggests and escalation of that work into in-house rapid prototyping.

Google’s custom lenses for Daydream 2017 (right) were a big improvement over the simple lenses of the original (left). | Photo by Road to VR

The job listing, which was posted in the last week, notes an internal “dynamic Research & Development (R&D) laboratory with a focus on new and novel [optical] designs and a close partnership with world-class Optical and Mechanical Designers.” The opening is at Google’s Mountain View headquarters.

Though externally Daydream developments have been slower in recent months, an analysis by Road to VR of the company’s job posting trends shows that hiring for Google’s AR/VR team is accelerating.

Data collected by Road to VR

In the last 10 months the company has listed 59 new job openings directly associated with its AR/VR activities, up 37% over the 10 months prior.

Google’s increasing hiring in the AR and VR space mirrors other major tech companies like Oculus who toward the end of 2017 and into 2018 began an AR/VR hiring spree that would nearly triple the number of the company’s usual job listings. And of course Apple has been not only hiring, but also making strategic acquisitions in the space, most recently picking up its very own holographic optics company.

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Oculus Hiring Spree Suggests Facebook is Accelerating VR/AR Plans

Starting toward the end of 2017, the number of listed job openings at Oculus has nearly tripled, with the current number of openings floating around an all time high.

Across Oculus’ 15 locations, the company is currently listing 443 available openings, spanning 20 categories from Research to Software Engineering to Computer Vision, and more. The number of openings has spiked significantly since November, data collected from the last 20 months by Road to VR shows.

Data collected by Road to VR

The spike comes at the end of 2017 and into the New Year. While that might coincide with annual budget planning, job openings at the company during the 2016 to 2017 transition didn’t show anything comparable to what’s been seen from Oculus’ hiring since November 2017.

A spokesperson for Oculus tells Road to VR, “Overall, the growing number of job openings across AR and VR are an indication of the level of commitment that Facebook/Oculus is making in the VR space.”

Corresponding with the company’s hiring spree, a promotional recruiting video was released last week extolling the benefits of working in the Oculus Research department, which currently has a record high 80 job openings:

Back in 2014, shortly after Facebook’s acquisition of Oculus and the formation of Oculus Research, the company’s chief scientist, Michael Abrash, called it the “first complete, well funded VR research team in close to 20 years.” In early 2017, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg publicly toured the Oculus Research facility and shared an inside look.

Oculus’ clear room for nanofabrication | Image courtesy Oculus

Earlier this month Facebook announced that it was a founding partner of the University of Washington’s Reality Lab. Based in Seattle, home of Oculus Research, the $6 million venture “creates one of the world’s first academic centers dedicated to virtual and augmented reality,” Facebook says.

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With some 60 internship, co-op, and PHD student openings, it’s clear that Oculus hopes to take advantage of the Reality Lab as an incubator for future AR/VR research talent.

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VR-Nerds: Unsere Jobbörse für VR, AR, MR und 360°

Seit 2013 betreiben wir mit VR-Nerds das größte deutschsprachige Portal zu den Themen Virtual Reality und Augmented Reality. Stets können wir aus der Nerd- und Developer-Perspektive berichten, da wir selbst auch VR-Spiele und VR-Anwendungen entwickeln und seit der Kickstarter Kampagne von Oculus begeistert von den digitalen Brillen sind. Dies hat auch Auswirkungen auf die Zielgruppe: Aktuell besuchen täglich tausende Nerds unsere Seite. Ein Großteil ist zwischen 25 bis 44 Jahre alt und besitzt ein ausgeprägtes Interesse für neue Technologien, Kunst und Entwicklung.

Jobbörse für VR, AR, MR und 360° startet kostenlos

Mit unserer neuen Jobbörse möchten wir zukünftig unseren Lesern eine Option bieten, sich interessante Stellenangebote anschauen zu können, die sich sehr wahrscheinlich mit den eigenen Interessen überschneiden. Dabei ist es egal, ob ihr eine Teilzeitstelle, eine Vollzeitstelle, ein Praktikum oder eine freiberufliche Tätigkeit sucht. Zudem finden Unternehmen und Start-ups eine sehr spezialisierte Zielgruppe und somit schneller einen passenden Mitarbeiter oder eine passende Mitarbeiterin, als bei der Nutzung einer herkömmlichen Jobbörse.

Zunächst startet das Portal vollkommen kostenlos. Ihr könnt unendlich viele Jobs in diesem Jahr mit einer Sichtbarkeit von 30 Tagen einstellen und diese Angebote jederzeit bearbeiten. Es gibt also nichts zu verlieren. Ab 2018 wird das Angebot dann kostenpflichtig und ausgebaut. Unsere verschiedenen Angebote für Unternehmen findet ihr hier.

Warum die Jobbörse gut für die Branche ist

Als Entwickler und Betreiber von VR-Nerds.de sind wir auf vielen Messen weltweit vertreten und sind innerhalb der Branche dementsprechend auch gut vernetzt. Da uns immer wieder auffällt, dass es Unternehmen schwer haben, die richtigen Mitarbeiter mit einer ausgeprägten Leidenschaft zum Thema zu finden, kam uns die Idee mit der Jobbörse. Wir profitieren durch neue Leser und können durch zusätzliche Einnahmen die Werbung auf der Website reduzieren. Leser erhalten ein erweitertes Angebot durch interessante Anzeigen und Unternehmen finden schnell, einfach und günstig neue Mitarbeiter und neue Mitarbeiterinnen.

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New York City Mayor Wants To Be The “Global Hub” For VR/AR With Newly Funded Lab

New York City Mayor Wants To Be The “Global Hub” For VR/AR With Newly Funded Lab

Coinciding with the growth of the augmented and virtual reality industries, there are tons of new job opportunities. New companies spawned by the tech will be welcoming new employees and established companies will be welcoming new faces as they tackle the new opportunities VR and AR afford their businesses.

In New York, the current Mayor has laid out a plan to create 10,000 jobs for middle-class citizens. As reported by bklyner, part of that plan includes a newly announced VR/AR lab that will be opening at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this year.

The project received $6 million in funding from both the New York City Economic Development Corporation and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, with Mayor Bill de Blasio sharing a few words in the press release for the development. “Augmented and Virtual Reality represents a huge new industry, and we want New York City to be second to none,” he says. “We’re investing in the space, the talent, and the research needed to make New York the global hub for this emerging technology.”

The lab will be a partnership with CUNY Lehman College’s VR/AR Training Academy and Development Lab, preparing New Yorkers for inevitable jobs in the immersive fields. Taking such an initiative could position New York well as more industries that benefit from virtual and augmented reality sprout up.

The lab is part of the Mayor’s plan to create middle-class jobs in technology, life sciences, creative, and manufacturing industries over the next 10 years. The VR/AR lab, which will occupy a 15,000-square-feet at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, will generate roughly 500 jobs over that 10-year span after the targeted opening at the end of 2017.

“Equal opportunity and access, through education and job training, is the bedrock of our jobs strategy, and together we will continue to rise,” the Mayor added.

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