Senior Staff Engineer - Augmented Reality

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Job Description

Are you a curious Senior Engineer with an interest in augmented reality and its progressive potential?

We are looking for someone to help redefine LEGO® Play Software Technology for better decision-making. Join us and help build the LEGO Group's digital future!

• This role is a key member of Play AI & Algorithms team, a part of the organisation building next generation of integrated physical/digital LEGO experience.
• The successful candidate will be a technical contributor in our efforts to design, develop and deploy Augmented Reality in mobile applications.
• This position consists in developing an AR framework with Machine Learning Engineers. Your job will focus on the mobile side to provide a platform that will then be used in our applications to provide a full-fledged AR experience.
• Design and implement AR apps based on AR frameworks.
• Collaborate with the team to build UI/UX components.
• Design, build embedded software to enable tech enabled toys to join connected and metaverse backed play experiences.
• Engineer products that implement business logic, modern design patterns and architectural principles.
• Engineer products that follow highest coding standards, documentation and efficiency.

Together, we will have the opportunity to shape the focus of AI to enrich Play experiences and  work on the areas that AI can help to foster the curiosity and grow confidence in the child. Your ability to build AI solutions and develop core algorithms will enable us to drive innovation and discover the new dimensions of Play

• M.Sc. or Ph.D in Computer Science, Robotics or experience in a relevant field
• Proven hands-on experience implementing algorithms for augmented or mixed reality applications, e.g., visual inertial odometry, object recognition and tracking, pose/state estimation and feature detection.
• Solid experience with software design, implementation, debugging and profiling.
• Experience of interfacing novel algorithms to AR frameworks, such as ARKit, ARCore or Unity AR Foundation
• Experience on build computer vision solutions for mobile (iOS and Android)
• Strong programming skills in multiple languages, e.g. C++, swift, .net or similar, and an ability to quickly learn new languages and framework
• Experience on using common software development tools.

Here are some of what to expect:

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

• Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based.

• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

• Your workplace – When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g. race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer. 

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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