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Ultra · 1 month ago

Lead VR Developer

positionNY, US
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$150K/yr - $225K/yr
date3+ years exp

Ultra is an innovative company focused on creating practical, general-purpose robots for repetitive manipulation tasks. They are seeking a Lead VR Developer to take ownership of their VR teleoperation stack, enhancing the tools for operators to improve task performance and data quality.

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Responsibilities

Own the application, deployment infrastructure and development toolchain around our VR stack (built with Unity, running on the Meta Quest 3)
Invent, evaluate, and build UX improvements to make remote teleoperation feel as natural as working with your hands
Optimize application performance around resource-intensive tasks like WebRTC video streaming, rendering, and body tracking
Build an application with strong opinions and patterns that non-VR devs can follow to make helpful functionality changes. We want the whole team to be able to push things forward while maintaining overall quality

Qualification

UnityVR developmentWebRTCPythonC++ROS2PyTorchErgonomic designVideo streamingBody trackingLow-latency applications

Required

3+ years of experience in engineering
Experience working on a single VR project for at least a year
Strong understanding of ergonomic VR environments with the goal of minimizing operator fatigue
Ideas for how to make remote teleoperation with a robot feel like being there in person
Experience working with video streaming, body tracking, and two-way video/voice conferencing
Ability to own the application, deployment infrastructure and development toolchain around the VR stack built with Unity
Ability to invent, evaluate, and build UX improvements for remote teleoperation
Ability to optimize application performance around resource-intensive tasks like WebRTC video streaming, rendering, and body tracking
Ability to build an application with strong opinions and patterns that non-VR devs can follow

Preferred

Experience working on VR teleoperation applications
Familiarity with video codecs, WebRTC, and low-latency VR applications (like gaming)
Experience working with hardware systems in a production environment

Company

Ultra

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Ultra builds intelligent warehouse robots that are being deployed in warehouses today.
dateFounded in 2024
location
New York, New York, USA
people-size2-10 employees
web-link
https://ultra.tech

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
Total Funding
$0.5M
Key Investors
Y Combinator
2024-09-25Pre Seed· $0.5M
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