Unreal Engine Software Engineer

Unreal Engine Software Engineer

Company description

Gold Group are partnered with an ambitious software development company specialising in developing AGI solutions. Their approaches are inspired by their recent advances in theoretical neuroscience, which are beginning to deliver an understanding of how the brain makes sense of the world. Their current work is defence focused; candidates will need to be able to pass security clearance checks to at least BPSS level.

Job summary

They are looking for an experienced Unreal Engine Developer to work as part of a team developing novel computer vision capabilities. The team is working to develop deep learning and spiking neural networks for use in computer vision applications delivering real-time multiple object detection & localisation.

Their applications need to be trained using Synthetic Imagery comprising varied geographic terrains within which object models can be positioned. The company has already developed capabilities within Unreal to control the presentation of objects, lighting, weather effects etc and to control the capture of synthetic imagery. The aim is to develop this capability into a more automated system for production of synthetic imagery to meet customer demand and, in the future, to create an application that will enable less-skilled users to configure and run a process to create volumes of synthetic imagery.

This role is initially available on a fixed-term contract. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to interact with and contribute to work on the cutting edge of research in AI and Defence. When you push out your code, you will be able to see the results of your efforts through your impact on product development and the enrichment of key client relationships. You will contribute to the system design process and your work will have a very direct, measurable impact on achieving collective business goals.

Responsibilities

• Enhance their synthetic imagery creation capability by further automating the production process, delivering production efficiencies.
• Working alongside team members, apply your existing knowledge of Unreal to the design and planning of the development of an automated system for synthetic imagery production.
• Contribute to development and software engineering efforts to develop solutions to our most pressing problems and to put your work into practice.
• Participate in defining the software development roadmap and in holding responsibility for delivering core components of our machine vision and image analysis products.
• Work with research colleagues and offer technical support to colleagues in commercial roles in developing business opportunities.
• Produce project deliverables by challenging milestone dates.

Job Skills & Qualifications

• Strong experience (3 years +) as a Software Engineer in developing applications that automate imagery production using Unreal 5 Engine, coding using C++.
• Games industry experience as an Unreal developer producing functionality for production of images for games or movies will be relevant.
• Proven contribution to design, development and scaling of high quality, practical reliable software.
• Design and implement code that is fit for purpose, scalable, human-readable, and in line with industry best practice.
• Deliver quality control by testing intuitiveness, user experience, and debugging where necessary.
• Communicate with directors and end users to understand their business goals and objectives and interpret that into the required changes to the platform.
• Strong written and verbal communications skills.
• Able to discuss and apply latest techniques in generating imagery using Unreal 5.
• Enthusiastic about working in a fast-paced engineering team.

Preferred

• Previous work developing synthetic data generation capabilities or delivering synthetic imagery data for neural network training and testing
• SCRUM or other agile/rapid development methodology experience.
• Familiarity with Unreal, Blender and 3D modelling.
• Work with important defence sector clients. You will need to be able to pass security clearance processes to at least BPSS and, preferably SC level, see: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/united-kingdom-security-vetting-clearance-levels/national-security-vetting-clearance-levels
• Strong academic background; MSc or PhD in a relevant computer science discipline or similar.
• Experience working in a start-up environment.

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