Internship R&D Software Developer Jobs in Pittsburgh, PA

Job Title: Entry Software Engineer

Job Description

This role focuses on creating high-quality visual demonstrations, simulations, and customer-facing video content that showcase advanced robotic, autonomous, and perception technologies. You will use Unreal Engine and scripting to build realistic environments, automate workflows, and produce compelling visual experiences for customers, trade shows, business development initiatives, and internal stakeholders. The position blends strong technical software skills with a creative mindset to turn complex robotics and autonomy concepts into clear, visually engaging content.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain interactive demonstrations, simulations, and visualizations using Unreal Engine.
• Create realistic 3D environments and scenes that highlight robotics, autonomy, sensing, and perception technologies.
• Produce high-quality rendered video content for customer presentations, marketing initiatives, technical demonstrations, and trade shows.
• Use scripting to automate content creation, data integration, rendering workflows, and asset management processes.
• Collaborate closely with software engineers, robotics engineers, business development teams, and marketing stakeholders to accurately represent technology capabilities.
• Capture, process, and integrate robotics data into Unreal Engine environments to create realistic demonstrations.
• Troubleshoot and optimize Unreal Engine projects for performance, visual quality, and deployment requirements.
• Support motion graphics, camera movements, animation sequences, and post-production enhancements within Unreal Engine.
• Maintain version control and clear project documentation for demonstration environments and media assets.
• Stay current on Unreal Engine technologies, rendering techniques, and virtual production methodologies, and apply new capabilities to improve content quality and efficiency.

Essential Skills

• 2+ years of experience working with Unreal Engine in a professional environment.
• Strong proficiency in scripting for Unreal Engine to support automation and workflow optimization.
• Proven experience creating rendered video content within Unreal Engine.
• Solid understanding of 3D graphics concepts, including lighting, materials, animation, and rendering pipelines.
• Experience integrating data sources and automating workflows through scripting.
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git.
• Strong troubleshooting, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical teams.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Digital Media, Game Development, Robotics, or a related technical field.
• Experience working with robotics or autonomy-related data within visualization or simulation environments.
• Interest in virtual production methodologies and emerging Unreal Engine features.
• Experience contributing to cross-functional projects involving engineering, business development, and marketing teams.

Work Environment

This is an on-site position with some flexibility for remote days, although remote work is not guaranteed. You will work in a collaborative environment alongside software and robotics engineers, as well as business development and marketing stakeholders, using Unreal Engine and related tools to create interactive simulations and high-quality visual content. The role involves working with version control systems, managing digital assets, and participating in iterative development and review cycles to deliver polished demonstrations and media.

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Pittsburgh, PA.

The pay range for this position is $27.00 - $28.85/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a fully onsite position in Pittsburgh,PA.

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 22, 2026.

About Actalent

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

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