Senior XR Engineer - Rochester

Mayo Clinic • Rochester, MN

5d • $108,202 - $162,406 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior XR Engineer works in Mayo Clinic’s Division of Immersive Learning Design, a team in the Department of Education that creates augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR) experiences for medical education, research, surgical planning, and clinical applications. The engineer integrates digital twins and patient-specific 3D models into XR platforms and develops user-centered experiences that support clinical skills, safety, confidence, and collaboration. Solutions may be deployed across VR, AR, MR, mobile devices, web, and desktop platforms, with attention to operating-system independence and changing XR hardware.

The role serves as technical lead for division projects and clinical sponsors, providing technical direction, mentoring team members, designing system architectures, and developing immersive interaction standards and processes. The engineer collaborates with multidisciplinary clinical, educational, design, and technical teams; evaluates new technologies and capital equipment; maintains sponsor relationships; and contributes to technical documentation and presentations. The position requires on-site presence with flexibility to work from home after orientation and is a combination of remote and on-site work. The employee must live within a 100-mile driving distance of Mayo Clinic’s Rochester campus. Visa sponsorship is unavailable, and Mayo Clinic does not participate in the F-1 STEM OPT extension program.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Multimedia Art and Design, Game Design, or a related field and 5 years of professional spatial-computing experience; or a master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Multimedia Art and Design, or a related field and 3 years of professional engineering experience; or a PhD in a related field and 1 year of professional engineering experience.
• Depending on degree, 3–5 or more years of programming in one or more of C#, C++, and Python, using Unreal and Unity engines.
• Experience programming and architecting complex, data-driven systems.
• Experience programming UI and gameplay systems.
• Experience with AR and VR.
• Experience in end-to-end mobile development and the iOS and Android SDKs.
• Experience creating XR experiences or other real-time interactive applications and a proven understanding of software development lifecycles.
• Proven track record of debugging, performance analysis, and optimization in XR development.
• Familiarity with version control, continuous integration, bug tracking, and code review systems.
• Experience delivering training or technical talks and writing technical documentation.
• Experience with source control; Git is preferred.
• Excellent object-oriented design and analysis skills.
• Strong communication skills and fluency in English, with excellent verbal and documentation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional teams and willingness to learn medical knowledge and medical infrastructure.
• Ability to live within a 100-mile driving distance of the Rochester Mayo Clinic campus.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s or PhD degree; preferred but not required.
• Experience with XR devices such as Quest, Pico, HTC, HoloLens, and Magic Leap.
• Knowledge of software development methodologies, 3D modeling, computer graphics, and optical tracking.
• Ability to write clean, readable code and debug issues spanning other software development kits.
• Familiarity with anatomy, healthcare industry standards, and regulatory requirements; optional.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal and external teams to design and own systems for medical XR experiences.
• Develop features, workflows, or tools in collaboration with departmental teams.
• Integrate XR into research, education, and clinical areas at Mayo Clinic.
• Prototype and code gameplay, animation, UI, and hardware-integration features.
• Write clean, maintainable, portable, and well-documented code.
• Re-engineer existing code to meet new requirements and implement new technologies.
• Create, debug, maintain, and optimize custom extensions for Unreal Engine and/or Unity.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, 3D artists, medical illustrators, animators, surgeons, physicians, radiologists, programmers, and testers to develop needed features.
• Ensure the stability and performance of XR applications.
• Help deploy XR devices and applications to procedural skills and simulation areas.
• Serve as technical lead for division projects and clinical sponsors, providing technical and work direction to project team members.
• Mentor and coach staff as needed.
• Design and develop architectures for engineering systems, applying complex principles, theories, concepts, tools, and techniques.
• Demonstrate and define immersive interaction standards and develop processes for visualizing content with immersive technology.
• Stay current with immersive technology trends and develop engineering and technical documentation.
• Develop sponsor relationships and expand or cross-pollinate uses into new applications.
• Lead evaluation of new technologies and capital equipment.
• Communicate and present effectively to team members.
• Invent, analyze, design, and develop VR, MR, and AR computer-vision algorithms related to intraoperative tracking and medical education paradigms.

Benefits

• Medical plan options.
• Dental coverage through Delta Dental or a reimbursement account for flexible coverage.
• Vision plan with a national network.
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options for eligible expenses.
• Competitive retirement package.
• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit plans.
• Continuing education and advancement opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior