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:
Under
the direction of production management, the XR Technical Specialist (XR Spec.) is
responsible for providing technical planning, development, implementation, and
support for XR Applications.
Responsibilities:
The
primary duties of the XR Spec. lie within the Software Engineering Domain.
Elements include:
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The
architecture, development, operation, and maintenance of software systems
including:
o user research,
o user centric design,
o development or configuration,
o testing and implementation of the creative
application services for the XR Production Team.
XR
Spec. 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.
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This
includes but not limited to:
o Status reporting,
o Technical solutions recommendation,
o Coordinating efforts between
internal and external stakeholders and providing updates to executive staff.
o Serves as the subject matter
expert to ensure that the business/programs needs are being considered during
the planning and implementation of software projects.
o 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.
o Develop secure applications using
computer languages and technologies including, but not limited to: UE4,
Unity, AWS, JavaScript, HTML5, C#, C++, and PostgreSQL.
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Provide
technical expertise and perform analysis and activities associated with:
o Application design, database
design and support web application development.
o Provide technical support to
resolve any application issues for external customers.
o Provide consultation, code reviews
and training related to application standards and methodologies.
o Monitor and prioritize workload of
various applications.
o Resolve system problems and
recommend the best methods of applying new technologies for the most critical
systems.
o 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.
o Analyze business re-engineering
efforts by examining and redesigning the business processes and
work-flows.
o System architecture diagrams and
system flow diagram building.
o 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 performing technical and/or
analytical tasks for computer systems or services; or 120 semester units (or
180 quarter units) from an accredited college or university including at least
15 semester units (or 22.5 quarter units) of IT, or closely related course
work; or Any equivalent combination of experience and education.
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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.
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Self-starter
that is dedicated to uplifting the studio development.