Job Description

Job ID 2116749

Location PORTLAND , ME , US

Date Posted 2021-10-29

Category Software

Subcategory Game Development Engr

Schedule Full-time

Shift Day Job

Travel No

Minimum Clearance Required None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain Secret

Potential for Remote Work Yes

Description

SAIC is making significant investments in Immersive Technologies as a key enabler for enterprise modernization across Defense, Federal Civilian, Cyber and Space markets. Immersive Technologies offers tremendous opportunity for improving how information is captured, displayed, and shared across the enterprise. Of particular note, Augmented Reality using wearable headsets, mobile devices, native applications, and web-AR technologies offer compelling solutions to many modernization and digital engineering initiatives to seamlessly augment the real world with information to support processes, improve decision making, and optimize operations.

This position will work within the Immersive Technology team and across the organization to discover, define, develop, and deliver next generation Augmented Reality solutions.

This is remote work that may be performed from any location in the United States.

Using design thinking

• Empathize with our business units and their customer’s pain points via market and user research and discovery
• Define gaps based on research
• Ideate the art of the possible with business unit leaders, end users, engineers, and other stakeholders to present compelling concepts applying XR and other technologies
• Prototype concepts based on a set of identified and prioritized needs, applying appropriate fidelity to support the use case and customer
• Test the prototype with internal resources and coordinate with business units and stakeholders for external feedback. Establish protocols and metrics to ensure testing is efficient, effective, and drives iterative design
• Implement the solution and be prepared to demonstrate the solution; maintain backlog with an emphasis on expansion, productization, and deployment at enterprise scale
  

Qualifications

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE Bachelor's degree in Game Development, Computer Science, Mathematics, Industrial Engineering or related field, and nine (9) years or more experience; Masters and seven (7) years or more experience; PhD or JD and four (4) years or more experience.

• 10+ years’ experience in enterprise technology with at least 4+ years specifically working in immersive technology.
• Demonstrated experience interfacing with other internal and external teams to incorporate their challenges and innovations.
• Expert level understanding of augmented and virtual reality technology, capabilities, and limitations.
• Four (4) years or more experience as an engineer developing user-facing features on games or other 3D interactive products.
• Demonstrated experience interfacing with other internal and external teams to incorporate their challenges and innovations.
• Specific understanding of current market leader hardware (HoloLens, Magic Leap, Rift, VIVE, Gear VR, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience with project management and applying Agile techniques
• Demonstrated experience with design thinking, especially discovery, ideation, and prototyping.
• Excellent internal and external communication; must be expert with customer demonstrations, presentations, and hands-on interaction with executive-level stakeholders.
• Experience with Unity 3D and/or Unreal Engine
• Experience with Real Time networked features (i.e., synchronous multiplayer games)
• Experience in UX design or game design
• Thrives in dynamic, fast-paced environments
  

DESIRED

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, Industrial Engineering
• Military Service
• Experience with the Federal and DoD markets
• Knowledge/Experience with User Research and User Experience Design
  

CLEARANCE

• US citizen with the ability to obtain a Secret security clearance.
  

COVID Policy Prospective and/or new employees will be required to adhere with SAIC's vaccination policy. All SAIC employees must be fully vaccinated and they must submit proof of vaccination on their first day of employment. Prospective or new employees may seek an exemption to the vaccination requirement at Contact Us and must have an approved exemption prior to the start of their employment. Customer site vaccination requirements, if more strict, will take precedence over SAIC's vaccination policy.

Target salary range $125,001 - $150,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC® is a premier Fortune 500® technology integrator driving our nation's technology transformation. Our robust portfolio of offerings across the defense, space, civilian, and intelligence markets includes secure high-end solutions in engineering, digital, artificial intelligence, and mission solutions. Using our expertise and understanding of existing and emerging technologies, we integrate the best components from our own portfolio and our partner ecosystem to deliver innovative, effective, and efficient solutions that are critical to achieving our customers' missions.

We are more than 26,500 strong; driven by mission, united by purpose, and inspired by opportunities. SAIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer, fostering a respectful work culture based on diversity, equity, and inclusion that values all contributors. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $7.1 billion. For more information, visit saic.com.