TJ 19503 - SENIOR CRAFT SPECIALIST XR DEVELOPER (PROJECT CONTRACT)

Introduction

Employer Description

A creative production studio driven by innovation, impact, and immersive storytelling. We specialise in crafting high-end visual content, from cutting-edge motion design and animation to interactive eLearning, VR, and simulation experiences

Duties & Responsibilities

Job Description

• Developing advanced VR/XR applications and immersive training experiences in Unity.

• Translating project and client requirements into appropriate technical requirements,

• Supporting the technical setup and initialisation of XR projects, including selecting appropriate development tools, frameworks, SDKs and technologies.

• Configuring and maintaining development environments, repositories, XR SDKs and build pipelines.

• Conducting technical feasibility assessments and proof-of-concepts

• Designing and developing immersive XR interactions, object behaviours, physics-based interactions, UI/UX systems and multimodal feedback.

• Creating intuitive and comfortable XR experiences

• Profiling and optimising applications across CPU, GPU, memory, assets, shaders, textures and runtime performance.

• Optimising code for maintainability, scalability and performance.

• Integrating and maintaining VR/AR SDKs and platform technologies.

• Reviewing code and providing technical guidance to other XR Developers.

• Supporting prototypes and experimentation with new technologies, tools, workflows and scalable XR product opportunities.

Desired Experience & Qualification

Qualifications

Degree/Diploma

Skills

• Unity development within VR, XR, game development, simulation or another interactive real-time environment.

• Advanced working knowledge of C# and object-oriented programming.

• Strong understanding of software architecture, reusable code, maintainability and scalable development practices

• experience developing VR/XR applications for commercial, training, simulation or comparable environments.

• Strong experience with Unity XR development tools and SDKs.

• Experience implementing complex XR interactions, object behaviours, physics and UI systems.

• Strong understanding of XR UX, usability and interaction principles.

• Experience profiling and optimising Unity applications for CPU, GPU and memory performance.

• Strong Git/version-control discipline, including branching and merging practices.

• Ability to take technical responsibility for assigned areas of complex XR projects.

• Strong experience with OpenXR, XR Interaction Toolkit and/or other major XR SDKs.

• Experience developing for Meta Quest, Pico and other VR/XR hardware platforms.

• Experience with VR/XR training simulators or industrial simulation environments.

• Experience integrating software with physical simulator controls and hardware.

• Working knowledge of Arduino, Raspberry Pi or embedded/controller systems.

• Experience integrating custom switches, pedals, sensors, controllers or other physical inputs with Unity.

• Experience with serial communication, middleware, Node.js or hardware/software communication interfaces.

Package & Remuneration

Salary/Package

R30 000 – R38 000 (Negotiable)

Benefits

To be confirmed