R&D Engineer for VR

Our Media & Internet Research Area (MIA) is looking for a Graphics Engineer or Virtual Reality Expert to join our team and contribute to the development of a multi-user virtual reality experience platform to develop, design and evaluate virtual reality behavioral experiments.

The successful candidate will be part of the Ris3CAT VIVIM project, a 3-year project that began in January 2020. This will give the candidate the possibility to interact with a consortium of partners specializing in different aspects of video processing, streaming and production of virtual reality content.

The engineer chosen shall be responsible for the following tasks and functions:

- Work with innovative media formats (point clouds, dynamic meshes, etc)
- Integrate innovative coding and media transmission solutions to optimize virtual reality experience and the sense of co-chair
- Explore methods to increase physical feeling in virtual space
- To quantitatively and qualitatively test the feeling of co-chair

Who we are:

i2CAT Foundation is a non-profit research and innovation centre that promotes mission oriented R&D activities on advanced Internet architectures, applications and services. The centre stands for a new open innovation framework, fostering the collaboration between companies, public administration, the academic environment and end-users.

i2CAT's activities span the areas of Research, playing a key role in the EU Framework Program for Research and Innovation; Strategic Projects, leading local initiatives that strengthen the digital policies of public administration, and Technology Transfer, fostering R&D collaboration with companies to develop innovative market-oriented solutions.

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What do we offer:

- You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.
- Be in contact and work with cutting-edge technology
- Work in challenging R&D projects
- Fix + variable salary
- Option of flexible retribution (restaurant card, transport card, medical insurance, kindergarten)
- Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way
- Fridays afternoon off
- Intensive work schedule in July & August
- Home-office option
- Open space office in Barcelona
- Free fruit every week
- Discounted Gym-access
- 25 vacation days per year
- Casual dress code
- Let us know which trainings you need
- You will have the opportunity to attend tech conferences and events.

The i2CAT Foundation seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and, therefore explicitly, encourages women to apply.

The i2CAT Foundation seeks to increase the number of persons with disabilities among its workforce, and therefore explicitly encourages this collective to apply.