VR Developer

Tilburg University, Division library and IT Services (LIS) is looking for an enthusiastic colleague for the position of VR Developer at the DAF Technology Lab, a large virtual and mixed reality lab at the Tilburg University campus. 

The DAF Technology Lab is a university facility consisting of office space, three research cabins and two CAVE (Cave Automatic Virtual Environment) systems. The two CAVE systems offer a 5x5 meter immersive environment with VR projections on the four CAVE walls combined with advanced audio facilities. The CAVEs have been used for education and research purposes, the research cabins have been used for (VR) research purposes. In addition, sensing technologies (eye trackers, EEG and fNIR scanners, heart rate and skin response monitors, etc.), are available to researchers to monitor participant behavior in experiments.

Your position 
The programmer for the DAF technology Lab will be helping, and is in part responsible, for the VR simulations in the lab. The successful candidate is able to prioritize programming tasks, and help out where help is needed in writing Unity and/or Unreal code. The successful candidate is one of the leading programming liaisons in the lab.

• A proactive, dynamic, and enthusiastic technical ambassador of the project consortium;
• Excellent programming skills, preferably in languages such as C++, C#, Unity, and Unreal;
• Experience with projects within academic environments;
• Very good command of both spoken Dutch and English;
• Result-oriented, creative, decisive, with networking and collaborative skills;
• Excellent programming and technical skills including attention for detail and multitasking skills, able to keep overview;
• Ability to interact and communicate efficiently with various stakeholders, including students, instructors and colleagues.
• A degree at University of Applied Science (HBO) or University (WO) level.
• Evidence of ability to create VR environments for education and research.
• You show personal leadership: you take responsibility for your work and career and have good self-knowledge. 
• You have a sense of team spirit: you feel part of a team and express this through collaboration, sharing knowledge and experiences, and contributing to an open and inclusive work environment.
• You are able to solve VR problems by aligning needs to instructors and researchers to the programming possibilities the lab can offer.

Tilburg University offers excellent benefits in a pleasant working environment: 

• A position based on 1.0 fte (40 hours per week). 
• A salary of minimum €3.537 and maximum €4.860 gross per month for full-time employment, based on UFO profile Software developer ICT 4 (IT/IV Engineering and Application Manager will be the new ufo profile) and salary scale 9. Tilburg University uses a neutral remuneration system based on relevant work experience. 
• This is a vacancy for a position in accordance with Article 2.3 paragraph 1 CLA DU. You will be given a temporary contract for the duration of 12 months.
• Vacation pay of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3%. 
• Over 8 weeks of vacation leave. 
• The opportunity to work partly on campus and partly from home with a home office allowance of €2 per day.
• Reimbursement for sustainable commuting: walking, cycling, and public transport. 
• A monthly internet allowance of €25.
• An options model in which you exchange benefits for things such as additional leave, more pension, a bicycle or personal training at our Sports Center. 
• A moving allowance (subject to conditions). 
• Employees from abroad may be eligible for a tax-free allowance for extraterritorial expenses equal to 30% of taxable salary. 
• A pension with ABP; the largest Dutch pension fund.
• Training in personal development, career development, leadership, education, and research. Or a language course at our Language Center. 
• A work culture in which we embrace differences, everyone is welcome and given equal opportunities. 
• A vibrant campus in green surroundings that is easily accessible by public transport. 

For more information, see our website and the CLA Dutch Universities. 

Tilburg University is an academic, inclusive, and engaged community. Together with nearly 3,000 employees, we are committed to broad prosperity, sustainably, and inclusion. For current and future generations. We develop and share knowledge for the requirements of people and our society. This is how we contribute to solving complex social issues and help society move forward.

We educate our 19,500 students of 110 nationalities to become responsible leaders with knowledge, skills, and character. With our education and research for broad prosperity, we exceedingly focus on themes such as mental and preventive care, an inclusive labor market, the energy transition, and digitalization.

About DAF Technology Lab
The DAF Technology Lab is a unique research, education and training facility in virtual reality, mixed reality and augmented reality. The lab occupies virtual reality rooms with various behavior measurement technologies, VR equipment as well as two CAVE systems. These CAVEs (Cave Virtual Automatic Environment) offer the opportunity to experience virtual reality not individually but collaboratively through VR projection on four walls.

Would you like to know more before applying? Feel free to contact prof. dr. Max M. Louwerse (M.M.Louwerse@tilburguniversity.edu).

We kindly invite you to apply before April 15th; this can only be done online. Address your cover letter to Max M. Louwerse and attach your resume. 

Due to information security risks, submission of a certificate of good conduct (VOG) is part of the selection procedure. 

The selection committee consists of: 

1. prof. dr. Max M. Louwerse, Scientific Director DAF Technology Lab
2. Coen van Houwelingen, Team lead Software Development & Lab support

You will ideally start working for Tilburg University on May 1st. 

This vacancy has been published simultaneously internally and externally. In case of equal suitability, our preference is for an internal candidate.