Staff Graphics Engineer - VR Teleoperation

The role

You will lead the development of graphics, visualization, and immersive rendering systems for the VR teleoperation platform. You will build interfaces for consumers and operators to understand robot state and control humanoid robots.

What you will do

• Design and deliver high-performance, low-latency graphics pipelines.
• Build immersive visualization apps using camera feeds, depth data, haptics, and audio.
• Improve rendering performance and reliability across GPU, CPU, and networking systems.
• Partner with software, operator, and technician teams to integrate live robot data.
• Establish scalable graphics architecture and engineering best practices.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of professional experience (Senior) or 10+ years (Staff) developing real-time graphics or visualization systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Graphics, Games, or a related technical field.
• Strong experience with C++ and modern graphics APIs such as Vulkan, DirectX 12, Metal, or OpenGL.
• Experience developing real-time rendering systems, game engines, realtime networking, or VR/XR applications.
• Strong understanding of 3D graphics, GPU programming, multithreading, networking, and performance optimization.

Nice to have

• Experience streaming high-bandwidth low-latency realtime data at scale, such as realtime camera video, LiDAR, depth sensors, occupancy maps, or other realtime data.
• Experience developing VR or mixed reality applications using OpenXR, Unreal Engine, Unity, or similar platforms.
• Experience building visualization systems for robotics, autonomous vehicles, simulation, VR, or digital twins.
• Experience developing low-latency highly responsive consumer apps.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
• 401(k) plan with company match (100% on the first 3% of contributions, 50% on the next 2%)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options
• Commuter benefits (transit and parking)
• Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support
• Onsite snacks and catered lunches

About the company

1X builds humanoid robots that work in homes to handle tasks and chores. Their flagship robot is NEO, designed to move, learn, and operate in the real world alongside people.