Helix AI Engineer, XR

About this role

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our humanoid robot, Figure 03, is designed for commercial tasks and the home. We are based in San Jose, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration. It's time to build.

Figure is building the world's most capable general-purpose humanoid robot. XR systems play a key role in teaching our robots how to understand the world around them.

The Role

You’ll be working within our small but impactful XR team, contributing to a number of critical projects. One morning you might be debugging an XR app, the next afternoon you're running a hardware experiment on the robot. You'll thrive here if you love that kind of variety and move fast without needing a playbook.

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain XR products to interface with our robots and data-capture hardware - implementing features, fixing bugs, and ensuring reliability as we scale

• Design and build out intuitive spatial user interfaces and visualizations

• Harden our XR data sync processes

• Integrate custom hardware stacks with off-the-shelf XR headsets

• Jump across hardware experiments, bug fixes, and new feature development as priorities shift

What We're Looking For

• Deep hands-on XR development experience - OpenXR, Unity, Godot, Unreal Engine, and/or WebXR

• Comfortable working in XR for extended periods; this is your daily environment, not an occasional tool

• Strong C++

• Experience with video streaming and low-latency transmission systems

• Experience with high-precision motion-capture systems and tracking technologies

• Startup experience — you know how to operate with ambiguity and move fast

• Bonus: computer vision, robotics, custom hardware, cloud APIs, haptics

The pay offered for this position may vary based on several individual factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package may also include additional components/benefits depending on the specific role. This information will be shared if an employment offer is extended.

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