Description
Job
Description and Duties
Elara is at the forefront of emergent media, blending
artistry and technological advances. We excel in developing strategic digital
content for a wide range of companies, particularly those in the medical, pharmaceutical,
and industrial markets. With extensive expertise in Virtual Reality, 3D
animation, and interactive solutions, we specialize in creating immersive
experiences for training, education, marketing, and sales.
Description:
In collaboration with production management, the XR
Technical Manager (XR Manager) is responsible for providing technical
leadership, planning, development, implementation, and support for XR
Applications.
Responsibilities:
The primary duties of the XR Manager include:
Managing a small team of software engineers.
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Assign, review, and approve project tasks and
deliverables across multiple concurrent projects.
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Collaborate with project management to set
timelines, project scope, and correspond with customers.
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Collect and document user requirements.
Develop user stories, estimates, and work plans.
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Prepare reports, manuals, and other
documentation on the status, operation, and maintenance of software.
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Assess opportunities for application and
process improvement and prepare documentation of rationale to share with team
members and other affected parties.
XR Manager acts as technical liaison between internal and external
end-users, technical analysts, IT staff, consultants, and other organizations
in the analysis, design, implementation, configuration, and testing of systems
software projects.
This includes but not limited to:
o Status reporting, technical solutions
recommendation, coordinating efforts between internal and external
stakeholders, and providing updates to executive staff.
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Serves as the subject matter expert to ensure
that the business/program needs are being considered during the planning and
implementation of software projects.
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Develop processing standards and procedures
for the systems and projects, project planning, status reporting, application
programming, testing, training, and implementation of software systems in a
short release and iterative environment.
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Develop secure applications using computer
languages and technologies including, but not limited to UE4, Unity, AWS,
JavaScript, HTML5, C#, C++, and PostgreSQL.
Provide technical expertise and perform
analysis and activities associated with:
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application design, database design, and
support web application development. Provide technical support to resolve any
application issues for external customers.
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Provide consultation, code reviews, and
training related to application standards and methodologies. Monitor and
prioritize workload of various applications.
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Resolve system problems and recommend the best
methods of applying new technologies for the most critical systems.
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Research and implement new technologies in the
XR space, evaluate new system application requests and prioritize applications
in the pipeline to plan the deployment and adequately meet/exceed customer
expectations.
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Analyze business re-engineering efforts by
examining and redesigning the business processes and workflows.
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System architecture diagrams and system flow
diagram building.
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Develop and apply improvements using
innovative technologies to meet the business needs.
The job can be mentally demanding,
as the subject matters we go into can be vastly deep and complex, so we need a
stoic individual that can rapidly learn while staying organized and on schedule.
Incidental Duties:
The above statements describe the general nature and
level of work being performed in this job. They are not intended to be an
exhaustive list of all duties, and indeed additional responsibilities may be
assigned, as required, by management.
Of course, we also have a
competitive edge in health benefits, offering employees the ability to choose
from a range of fantastic providers; access to 401k; scalable vacation and
skill-based wages, competitive to the industry standards.
Requirements:
Four years of interactive
project development /information technology experience, one year of which shall
include experience in a lead or supervisory capacity, performing a variety of
progressively responsible technical and/or analytical tasks for computer
systems or services. A bachelor’s or higher degree from an accredited college
or university may substitute for three years of the required general
information technology experience. An associate degree from an accredited
college may substitute for one and a half years of the required general
information technology experience.
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Extensive
experience working in the Unreal Engine or Unity Game engine.
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Great
with communication and can give and receive new ideas with ease.
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Driven
to grow, learn and output only your best.
- Self-starter
that is dedicated to uplifting the studio development.