Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.

At Occipital, we believe that spatial is the next frontier in computing. We are looking for passionate, talented computer vision engineers and researchers to help bring cutting edge spatial computing to everyday life. Our first step was to enable everyone to capture the world in 3D, so we created Structure Sensor, a depth sensor for iPad, the first of its kind and one of the top-funded Kickstarter projects.

Well-designed hardware is only the beginning of what we do at Occipital. We're fundamentally a software company developing state-of-the-art computer vision software. We've laid the groundwork for spatial computing in everyday life by launching apps and a powerful engine for real-time object scanning, indoor mapping and augmented reality.

But we're just getting started, and as we extend our platform to solve new problems and push new boundaries, we are looking to extend our team. If you have experience and passion in all or most of the following topics, we would love to talk to you:

• Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
• Machine Learning for Vision (Decision Trees, Neural Networks)
• Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality
• Sensor Fusion
• Multi-View Stereo
• GPGPU (OpenCL/Metal/CUDA)
• Native mobile development (iOS, Android)
• C/C++ optimization including vector (SIMD) instructions

Looking for a different kind of mobile challenge? We're powering the next generation of spatial apps that break through our screens and interact with the world around us. That means we not only have all the 'standard' mobile product development challenges, but we're also writing the playbook for UX, best practices, etc. Whereas most startups are looking for innovators, we're looking for pioneers.

If that sentence excites rather than frightens you, you're probably the kind of person we want to talk to! We're looking for:

• Strong UIKit-level iOS skills. We’re going to want to see a portfolio of published apps, ideally ones that you have taken from beginning to end as a primary engineering owner.
• A solid engineering foundation. The complexity of the kind of work we do means writing clean, performant code is doubly important. You should be comfortable dealing with threading and networking, and not afraid to look at C++.
• An eye for design and UX. Every member of the product teams at Occipital has to first and foremost be a UX thinker, no matter what part of the product you touch.
• Ideally, comfort working with OpenGL, SceneKit, and other graphics frameworks.

Already, we've launched products like Structure Sensor and SDK, Bridge and Bridge Engine, 360 Panorama, and Canvas. While you will likely end up specializing in certain products over others, you will probably get a chance to interface with every single one of them in some way.

Obviously, we're looking for all the buzz words you'd expect: talented, hard-working, communicative, etc. No one has ever saw that in a job description and said, Oh! I need to be a hard-worker? Better not apply. Here are a few things critical at Occipital that might not be elsewhere:

• Uncertainty-resistant. There's no right answer for the experiences we create & it's up to us to figure it out.
• Autonomous. We have a strong orientation toward people that know how to figure things out on their own. That doesn't mean don't ask questions!
• Holistic, Beginning-to-End Thinkers. For this role in particular, we're looking for people that know how to build products from beginning to end, not just churn out code. Show us what you've shipped!
• Willingness to go under the hood. What we're building is complicated, and you need to know your way around iOS on more than a surface level. Hacking stuff together using Apple's native APIs is great, but we want to see that you can go deeper when necessary.

Major points for any 3D or computer vision related experience!

ADVENTURERS WANTED

Do you want to push the boundaries of what’s possible in web technology to help build the future of augmented reality and virtual reality? Can you not only build a mental map of a complex backend system, but also leverage it to build reliant, performant, and elegant web applications? Do you have a deep understanding of how networking, databases, and servers work down to the bare metal? Then we really want to meet you.

At Occipital, we’re working on spatial computing - using computer vision to 3D reconstruct and understand your surroundings so that software can operate over real world spaces. We believe it will power the next generation of augmented reality and some of the key parts of virtual reality as well.

Spatial computing is an incredibly complex endeavor that will require everything from sophisticated computer vision algorithms capable of running on mobile devices, to vast storage of visual information, to taking advantage of GPU servers for fast parallel image processing. An important part of this platform will be the web backend system required to tie it all together.

We’re looking for a web engineer who is excited to help us expand on Structure Sensor, Bridge Engine, and soon to be unveiled efforts that we are keeping under wraps.

The ideal adventurer has:

• Strong Fundamentals. Engineers at Occipital derive the ability to think on their feet from strong fundamental understanding of computer science.
• Lean Mentality. You work backwards from first principles, can articulate trade offs, and pragmatically execute on the delivery of MVP software.
• Holistic, Beginning-to-End Thinkers. What you know is less important than what you can learn. For this role in particular, we're looking for people that know how to build products from beginning to end, not just churn out code. Show us what you've shipped!
• Willingness to go Under the Hood. What we're building is complicated, and you need to know your way around software on more than a surface level. Your ruby on rails app is great, but we want to see that you can go deeper when necessary.
• System/Network Experience. You've built applications on both UDP and TCP, you've maintained clusters of servers in the cloud, and you bring a fundamental understanding from low-level to application layer TCP/IP.
• Deep Python Experience. While we work heavily in python/django, you'll be responsible for a breadth of technologies up and down the stack.
• Wide Technological Breadth. Here are some other technologies you'd use on our adventure: django, postgres, REST APIs, ubuntu, redis, nginx, CSS, jQuery/javascript. Special extra-super bonus points for adventurers with realtime web experience.

Does this sound like you? If so, click 'Apply Now' below and put 'Adventurers Wanted' in the subject line.

Are you an adventurer who is just starting out on your journey?

If you are humble, hungry, intellectually curious, and want to invest the next several months of your life learning from a world class team, we want to hear from you. Click 'Apply Now' below and put 'Adventurers Wanted' in the subject line.

Business Development Lead, Canvas

Spatial computing is making the home the next digital frontier, and we want your help making that future a reality.

In November 2016, we launched our first ever end-user app for the Structure Sensor: Canvas. Canvas allows you to capture a 3D model of a home in minutes — all on an iPad — and output to the standard, everyday tools used by the home improvement industry. Already, we’ve seen Canvas gain traction in design, architecture, retail, insurance, and more, saving an average of 7-10 hours per project.

Now, it’s time to take things to the next level. We’re looking for a Business Development Lead to make sure that Canvas is at the heart of every relevant, enterprise-level conversation about 3D mapping initiatives for the home. You’ll be responsible for:

• Creating and managing key industry relationships across the home services industry, including retailers and manufacturers, professional trade groups, and symbiotic technology companies
• Determining the fastest path to a decision-maker, listening to their needs, and brainstorming solutions that leverage our current and future offerings
• Identifying initial anchor customers for new products and services and closing the first set of deals
• Working closely with our product, customer experience, and marketing organizations to bring back feedback from the front lines
• Creating collateral to help prospective, new, and existing customers understand the value proposition of Canvas as well as basic educational materials

The right candidate will be:

• A rapid, effective networker. Navigating large organizations isn’t easy, and you’ll need to know how to go from complete outsider to “decision-maker’s best friend” as quickly as possible. That might mean attending industry conferences, navigating existing relationships, cold-calling, figuring out how to offer them something of value immediately, or something totally different. The fastest path will be different for each company, and the only common denominator is the need for persistence.
• A dealmaker. You should be a pro at getting to “yes,” no matter who you’re talking to or what their objection is. Of course, not every conversation will lead to the deal we want, but you should know how to reframe the conversation or restrict the scope as needed. A small deal is easier to revisit and turn into a big one than no deal at all.
• Comfortable living outside the box. Every company has different operations, and you’ll need to know how to brainstorm solutions on the fly that solve their problems — combining technology building blocks into workflows that might not exist, and that in many cases the company has never even considered. There will be no playbook — you are writing the playbook.
• An information sponge. The absolute only way to develop this “sixth sense” is by having a relentless sense of curiosity, and applying it to both our technology and our customer’s problems. You should be just as comfortable having a conversation with our computer vision team about SLAM and loop closures as you are talking to a large retailer about the in-store sales cycle for cabinetry. We expect you to ask lots of questions both of us and our partners, and to be a total information sponge.
• A world-class listener. As our ambassador to the industry, you’ll need to be able to put on your product hat and discern “what they mean” from “what they say.” This might mean getting a decision-maker to be brutally honest about why they don’t yet see the value of our offering, or it might just mean determining the truly critical needs from a laundry list of feature requests all marked “Need To Have.” 80% of your conversation should be spent listening, and you should know how to ask precise, direct questions that surface the root of any concern or obstacle.
• Self-sufficient. Occipital is still a small team, and Canvas is a new area of focus. You’ll be responsible for identifying the prospect, getting the meeting, closing the sale, on-boarding the customer, and growing the relationship over time. We will likely split out these roles over time, but for now, this is your baby.
• A straight shooter. We expect you to be able to quickly identify what you know and what you don’t know, and then be honest about it both internally and externally. You can expect the same from the rest of our team.
• Able to connect with a diverse audience. The range of industry participants and potential partners is broad – you must be able to build meaningful relationships with all levels of an organization and with people from all walks of life.

Sound exciting? Get in touch, and let’s build something great together.

At Occipital, we believe that spatial is the next frontier for computing — computing where software reaches out into the physical world and interacts with its surroundings. We are looking for a 3D Generalist to join our team to help seed that frontier with high-quality content for a variety of uses:

• Support our Canvas and Bridge products with content and experiences
• Support our marketing programs with high-quality demos, product rendering, and video production support
• Play a lead role in creating pipelines and tools that bring best-in-class workflows to our operations
• Create characters, environments, and dynamic objects for both unbiased rendering and real-time use

You might spend part of your day modeling content in 3DS Max, shift gears to creating experiences and interactions in Unity for an upcoming demo, and then finish the day discussing scripts and tools to automate a workflow that currently is sucking up a lot of the team’s time. This is a wide scope of work, and you’ll need a deep software knowledge of 3D tools and techniques. Specifically, we’re looking for the following:

• Deep 3D software proficiency, with experience working with Autodesk 3D Studio Max Maya and The Foundry Modo
• Skilled at both photo-realistic rendering using Mental Ray or V-Ray as well as knowing how to use real time shaders in Unity or Unreal
• Capable of writing scripts or build tools in either Python or C#
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment, ideally with programmers, product managers, and marketers as well as other artists
• Experience rendering animations for film/video
• Experience building and texturing assets for a real-time environment
• Strong communication skills, and the ability to self-manage while keeping other stakeholders up to date

Bonus:

•  Optimizing complex environments using ZBrush or similar.
•  Scripting game behaviors using C# in Unity

Creativity is key, as a lot of 3D work here has never really been done before — requiring totally original ideas and workflows. The right candidate will be excited, not frightened by this opportunity to innovate!