Graphics Engineer

The opportunity
Unitys graphics drivers team is the foundation of all rendering at Unity. From the billions of mobile games PC and console titles XR experiences or other real-time rendering applications every pixel Unity renders flows through our code. We are the ultimate cross-platform engineering team doing graphics on virtually every graphically-capable device in the marketplace today.

Our team is responsible for the application interface to the graphics hardware which we implement using industry-standard graphics APIs like Vulkan Direct3D Metal and WebGPU to name a few. From the simplest cube to the most complex scene rendered with Unitys high-definition rendering pipeline (HDRP) the graphics drivers team along with their shader compiler colleagues bring the hardware to life

What youll be doing

• Develop and maintain the software code and infrastructure of the real-time game engine.
• Design and develop 3D graphics rendering algorithms for various platforms.
• Collaborate with other teams with each feature release to expose backend functionality to user scripting. Work with modern graphics APIs to build a unified abstraction layer to support cross-platform rendering in the game engine.
• Optimize performance troubleshoot performance-related bugs and create tools to evaluate performance.
• Partner with the Virtual Reality team platform partners and customers to improve rendering performance.

What were looking for

• Masters degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science Computer Graphics Information Technology or a related field and two (2) years of related work experience.
• Must have two (2) years of experience with/in the following: Applying computer graphics rendering techniques including geometric rendering lighting and illumination and texture mapping; Developing applications in C using classes templates and polymorphism; Using Nsight Graphics and RenderDoc to troubleshoot performance-related bugs and create tools to evaluate performance; Building unified abstraction layers using DirectX12 Vulkan or Metal to support cross-platform rendering; and Developing rendering infrastructure code for at least three of the following platforms: Windows Linux Mac OS and PlayStation.
• International relocation support is not available for this position.
• Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position.
• 40 Hours/week Mon-Fri 8:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m.
• Up to 2% domestic or international travel required.
• 100% telecommuting permitted.

Benefits
At Unity we want our team members to thrive. We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support well-being and work-life balance.

Please note: Benefits eligibility specific offerings and coverage vary based on the country and employment status.

While specific benefits vary here are some of the ways we strive to take care of our eligible team members globally: Comprehensive health life and disability insurance Commute subsidy Employee stock ownership Competitive retirement/pension plans Generous vacation and personal days Support for new parents through leave and family-care programs Office food snacks Mental Health and Wellbeing programs and support Employee Resource Groups Global Employee Assistance Program Training and development programs Volunteering and donation matching program

Life at Unity
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support employees well-being and work-life balance. You can read more about them on our career page.

Unity NYSE: U is the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences. Creators ranging from game developers to artists architects automotive designers infrastructure experts filmmakers and more use Unity to bring their imaginations to life across multiple platforms from mobile PC and console to spatial computing.

As of the third quarter of 2024 more than 70% of the top 1000 mobile games were made with Unity and in 2024 Made with Unity applications had an average of 3.7 billion downloads per month. For more information please visit Unity.

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