Senior Staff Graphics Engineer
Figure is an AI robotics company developing general-purpose humanoid robots and its Helix vision-language-action AI system.
Funding history
About Figure
Figure develops and deploys general-purpose humanoid robots for commercial and household tasks. Its current Figure 03 robot is powered by Helix, an onboard generalist vision-language-action model; the company also operates the Index data-collection service.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own the graphics stack for robot displays. You will build rendering pipelines and Qt/QML applications, develop shaders and visual effects, optimize Vulkan and OpenGL ES output on embedded hardware, implement UI designs, profile performance, and establish graphics testing and CI practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Graphics, or a related field
- At least 7 years of industry experience in graphics or UI engineering
- Expert proficiency in Qt and QML
- Experience with Vulkan, OpenGL ES, GLSL, SPIR-V, and render-pipeline design
- Experience with vector graphics rendering and animation
- Experience developing for embedded or resource-constrained systems
- C++ skills and familiarity with Linux userspace development
- Cross-functional communication skills and ability to translate visual specifications into technical implementations
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and optimize graphics rendering for robot head displays
- Build and maintain Qt/QML applications for embedded Linux
- Develop and tune shaders, vector graphics, animations, and visual effects
- Implement and optimize Vulkan and OpenGL ES rendering pipelines
- Implement and iterate on UI and UX designs
- Profile and optimize rendering performance on embedded hardware
- Integrate graphics components with robot platform software
- Establish graphics development, testing, and CI practices