Engineering VR Specialist
- Employer
- Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE)
- Location
- England, Reading, Berkshire
- Salary
- £37860 - £50000 per annum
- Closing date
- 30 Jan 2025
- Reference
- R18721
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- Discipline
- Aerospace & Aeronautical, Automotive, Design, Manufacturing & Production, Mechanical
- Sector
- Aerospace & Aviation, Automotive Industry, Rail
- Job Type
- Engineer
Job Details

Role title: Engineering VR Specialist
Location: RG7 4PR, located between Reading and Basingstoke, with free onsite parking.
Package: £37,860 - £50,000 (depending on your suitability, qualifications & level of experience)
Closing date: 30th January 2025
Working pattern: AWE operates a 9-day working fortnight. We will consider flexible working requests so that your work may fit in with your lifestyle. Just let us know your preferred working pattern on your application.
Let us introduce the role
AWE is currently recruiting for an Engineering VR Specialist to work within our Applied Engineering Team. We are looking for an enthusiastic 3D Generalist to join a small team of developers/artists.
This is a great opportunity to join a team responsible for providing computer graphics capability to assist AWE's engineering and scientific communities.
A portfolio of work will be required at interview.
Who are we looking for?
We do need you to have the following:
- Knowledge or experience in Modelling, Texturing and Animating game-ready assets for use in our own Virtual Reality applications.
Whilst not to be considered a tick list, we'd like you to have experience in some of the following as these are all parts of the work we do:
- Generating CAD exports
- Animation
- Modelling
- Lighting
- Retopology
- PBR Texturing
- Compositing/Video editing
- Experience using 3ds Max, Photoshop, After Effects, Unreal Engine and Substance Painter/Designer are preferable, but equivalent skills will still be considered
We encourage you to apply promptly to avoid disappointment if applications are high and the role therefore closes.
Some reasons we think you'll love it here:
AWE has wide range of benefits to suit you. These include:
- 9-day working fortnight - meaning you get every other Friday off work, in addition to 270 hours of annual leave.
- Market leading contributory pension scheme (we will pay between 9% and 13% of your pensionable pay depending on your contributions)
- Family friendly policies: Maternity Leave - 39 Weeks Full Pay and Paternity Leave - 4 Weeks Full Pay
- Opportunities for Professional Career Development including funding for annual membership of a relevant professional body
- Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Services
- Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
- Discounts - access to savings on a wide range of everyday spending
- Special Leave Policy including paid time off for volunteering, public service (including reserve forces) and caring
The 'Working at AWE' page on our website is where you can find full details in the 'AWE Benefits Guide'.
You must be willing and able to obtain and maintain the security clearance required for the role (more information on this can be found on our website) and be willing and able to travel within the UK and overseas if required
Due to the classified nature of the work involved, there are limited opportunities to work from home in this role. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will spend the majority of their time working on site at AWE Aldermaston.
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Company
We’re looking for talented and ambitious people to join us in our work at the forefront of nuclear defence engineering, science and technology.
To work at AWE is to play a valuable part in keeping our country safe and secure.
Working at AWE gives you access to exceptional technologies, facilities and projects no ordinary company can provide – and the support of world-class professionals at every stage of your career.
- Website
- https://careers.awe.co.uk/
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