Senior Experience Engineer

Requirements:

• Relevant degree-level qualification and at least five years experience in a comparable technical development role.
• Advanced Unity, C# and XR development experience, including Quest, OpenXR and XR Interaction Toolkit.
• Proven ability to design and deliver scalable interactive experiences, game systems and multi-system technical platforms.
• Strong knowledge of 3D production, software engineering standards, accessibility, performance and quality assurance.
• Excellent technical leadership, planning, communication and stakeholder-management skills, with a collaborative and inclusive approach.
• Postgraduate qualification or professional certification in XR, games development, immersive technology or a related field (desirable).
• Experience with multiplayer or co-location frameworks, such as Normcore, Photon Fusion or Unity Netcode (desirable).
• Experience using Unreal Engine, shader development and graphics optimisation for mobile XR hardware (desirable).
• Experience integrating AI or machine-learning APIs into Unity applications, including learning-data standards such as xAPI or SCORM (desirable).
• Understanding of instructional design and experience mentoring or developing early-career colleagues (desirable).
• The role is stated to be exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Shortlisted candidates must complete a self-declaration concerning their criminal record or other information relevant to suitability for working with children.
• Applicants must not be barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and any other checks required for the role, which may include online searches.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the technical design, development and ongoing improvement of our immersive experiences and core platforms.
• Build scalable, reusable Unity-based systems, including interaction frameworks, user interfaces and modular game systems.
• Set and maintain high standards for coding, version control, testing, documentation, security and technical quality.
• Develop and optimise 3D content pipelines, supporting motion capture, photogrammetry, modelling, animation and deployment.
• Research, test and introduce emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, APIs and development frameworks, where they add value.
• Develop backend services, API integrations and reusable prompt-engineering approaches to support AI-enabled experiences.
• Ensure technical outputs meet agreed accessibility, performance, quality and deployment standards, including WCAG 2.1 AA where relevant.
• Support project planning and delivery through scoping, sprint planning, milestone setting, risk management and progress reporting.
• Contribute to commercial growth through prototypes, demonstrations, client training, workshops, consultancy and business-development activity.
• Build strong relationships with clients, partners and colleagues, mentor early-career team members and promote a collaborative, high-performing culture.
• Support demonstrations, workshops, client projects and studio activity involving motion capture, green screen, photogrammetry and content capture.

Technologies:

• 3D
• AI
• API
• Backend
• C#
• Hardware
• Support
• Mobile
• Security
• Unity
• Unreal
• XR
• GameDev
• Office 365

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We are recruiting a Senior Experience Engineer for XR Studios, where we bring together extended reality, simulation, 3D content and emerging technologies to create learning, research and commercial projects. Working with our Studio Lead, you will help shape projects across curriculum innovation, research and development, and commercial client work, while building a consistent, scalable technical foundation for the studio. Interviews will be held on an ongoing basis. Our strategy is to create a career-focused digital learning environment centred on the learner experience and our relationships with our community and local and regional employers. We are proud to be finalists for the AoC Beacon Awards for effective use of digital technology in further education. Our college is in the leafy suburbs of Essex, with good road and rail connections and access to surrounding areas and amenities. We offer a dedicated, friendly team, pension provision, annual staff awards, CPD days, mentorship and coaching, free onsite parking, staff appreciation and wellbeing days, eye care vouchers, an onsite Starbucks and restaurant, an electric vehicle scheme subject to terms and conditions, discounted gym membership, hybrid working, fully immersive teaching rooms and a free 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme offering legal and financial advice and general support. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to share this commitment. We handle applicant personal data in accordance with our legal obligations and our staff Privacy Notice and Data Protection Policy.

last updated 43 week of 2026