5+ years of professional experience in a technical field
Intermediate to expert proficiency in Derivative Touch Designer
Intermediate proficiency in Unity
Proficiency in Python; Java and C# are a plus
Experience with version control (Git, Tortoise SVN)
Familiarity with 3D animation pipeline preferred
Responsibilities
Create and prototype human-robot interaction scenarios
Develop and maintain interaction code
Create user-friendly interfaces for artists and non-experts
Collaborate with software developers on robot operating system integration
Implement interactive game logic according to project goals
Work alongside the design team to manage content and media assets
Benefits
Collaboration in a small, interdisciplinary team environment
Flexible and adaptive work culture
Participation in innovative prototyping with real-time feedback
Opportunities for playful exploration within the design process
Occasional travel for work
Full Job Description
Description: The Technical Designer's main role is to aid the design team in creating, defining, and prototyping human-robot interaction scenarios. Our approach is to start with a deep understanding of the user first and remain flexible and adaptive as we receive weekly briefings from our Design Research team. In the Technical Designer role, your active participation in design meetings and production will include brainstorming scenarios, offering technical input on best approaches for prototyping, and translating designs into code. You will be working with a small, interdisciplinary team in a design studio environment. The ideal candidate has excellent communication skills and can give critical feedback. You understand that this is a prototyping environment and that your work and code will change, need to be reworked, or built upon by others as testing of the product continues. You work well on a team and like to laugh. You value the role of playful exploration in the overall design process and can rise to the challenge when it's time to produce results. You are fascinated with the potential for this unique and new field of parasocial interaction design and excited to join us on this adventure.
Responsibilities include:
Create, define and prototype human-robot interaction scenarios Develop, structure and maintain interaction code Create production-ready interfaces to help artists and non-experts quickly use underlying processes Work with software developers to link our robot operating system to our interaction prototyping tools Implement interactive game logic based on project goals Work with design team to develop and display content and manage media assets
Below are the minimum requirements of the education, experience, knowledge, and skills required to competently perform in this position:
College degree in Arts or Computer Science/Human-Computer-Interaction (HCI)-related field
5 years of professional experience in related technical field
Derivative Touch Designer (Intermediate and Expert proficiency)
Unity (Intermediate proficiency)
Python
Java (Nice to have)
C# (Nice to have)
Version control with Git and Tortoise SVN
Familiarity with 3D animation pipeline preferred
Experience and/or interest in Chinese culture preferred
Interest in the design of playful, informal learning interventions preferred
Good communication, presentation and problem solving skills
Energetic, team player, multi-tasking, organized, detail-oriented, flexible, spontaneous
