Augmented Reality Unity Developer Jobs in Ashburn, VA

Job Summary:
MITRE is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to tackling the nation’s toughest challenges. The Army Soldier and Weapons Systems Department is seeking a technical oriented software engineer to support the development of a tactical situational awareness and command and control software ecosystem leveraging Augmented, Virtual, Mixed, and Extended Reality technologies.
Responsibilities:
• Leverage a technical understanding of Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), and Extended Reality (XR) for the development of a tactical situational awareness and command and control software ecosystem supporting multiple hardware solutions and third-party extensibility.
• Work within multiple disciplinary development team:
• Develop, make recommendations, and implement software engineering changes
• Deliver strategy and recommendations to deliver optimal Technical Performance through the application of software engineering principles and best practices
• Recognize technical challenges and lead engineering activities to deliver appropriate solutions
• Identify and articulate program risks and associated opportunities
• Establish goals and communicate clear expectations and guidance that contribute to highest priority sponsor outcomes
• Establishing strong relationships within the sponsor organization.
• Defining opportunities to collaborate with organizations outside of the sponsor to create a greater mission outcome.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 6 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 3 years’ experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Technical background in disciplines of relevance in one or more of the following: Full-Stack Software Development; Agile Development; Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), and/or Extended Reality (XR) hardware and software development; opengl; game development; Development/Security/Operations (DevSecOps); and/or Human-Computer Integration (HCI).
• Knowledge of Full-Stack Software Development; Agile Development; AR, VR, MR, and/or XR hardware and software development; opengl; game development; DevSecOps; and HCI.
• Strong software engineering skills with experience in AR and XR Army Systems.
• Demonstrated ability and desire to quickly learn and apply new technologies.
• Experience and proven results utilizing systems engineering and modern software best practices.
• Ability to identify gaps and shortfalls in operational performance and propose effective mitigations.
• Demonstrated experience with software development efforts and yielding impactful results at high levels of government and/or industry.
• Proven experience engaging sponsors with successful impacts and outcomes, and establishing and maintaining strategic partnerships.
• Established track record in leading the delivery of data-driven technical products with the military warfighting domain, resulting in positive mission impact.
• Demonstrated ability to take risks and lead work with partial insights, and operate effectively autonomously.
• Critical thinking, analytic, and problem-solving skills – comfortable working in dynamic settings where task objectives may evolve or need to be shaped, or creative solutions to task impediments must be identified.
• Active Secret Clearance
• U.S. Citizenship required
• This position requires a minimum of 4 days a week on-site.
Preferred:
• An advanced degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Game Development.
• Current/Active TS/SCI Clearance.
• Experience with development in the Android Assault Kit (TAK) software development kit.
• Prior experience developing or assessing Army systems or operations, reflected by: Working knowledge of Army organizations, missions, roles/responsibilities, and relationships.
• Knowledge of the Dismounted Soldier Systems and components.
• Knowledge of Tactical Radios, transports, and networks.
• At least 5 years of experience working across Army organizations with an expert-level understanding on Software Engineering.
• Excellent interpersonal and technical communication skills, with the ability to author technical reports, present briefings, and persuasively speak to audiences of all backgrounds, including executives or senior customers.
• Demonstrated ability to work in an interdisciplinary team environment, establish and leverage a diverse professional network, and integrate contributions from a variety of resources (people, tools, organizations).
• Demonstrated ability to build collaboration across organizational units.
• Demonstrates collaboration and communication skills to support individual, team, and customer-related interaction.
Company:
MITRE is a not-for-profit organization that operates research and development centers. Founded in 1958, the company is headquartered in Bedford, USA, with a team of 5001-10000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.