Computer scientist/ Game developer (m/d/w)

at  FriedrichSchillerUniversitt Jena

Job advertisement
Vacancy ID: 195/2024
Closing date: 2024-10-31
Friedrich Schiller University is a traditional university with a strong research profile rooted in the heart of Germany. As a university covering all disciplines, it offers a wide range of subjects. Its research is focused on the areas Light—Life—Liberty. It is closely networked with non-research institutions, research companies and renowned cultural institutions. With around 17.000 students and more than 10.000 employees, the university plays a major role in shaping Jena’s character as a cosmopolitan and future-oriented city.
The Department for the Psychology of Human Movement and Sport seeks to fill the position of a
Computer scientist/ Game developer (m/d/w)
commencing on 01.01.2025. We offer a full-time position (40 hours per week), offered as a fixed-term position until 31.12.2026.
You will become part of an interdisciplinary team and play a vital role in ensuring the success of a Momentum project funded by the VolkswagenStiftung that aims to establish a new paradigm in Virtual Reality (VR) to uncover the social dynamics and anticipatory processes in real-time interactions.

• Develop interactive avatars and respective 3D environments for VR research
• Analyse and process kinematic data to create and animate interactive VR avatars
• Help build and run a cutting-edge VR laboratory
• Be involved in developing experiments that allow to examine motor, perceptual and cognitive processes in dyadic, real-time interactions in VR
• Conduct interdisciplinary research to navigate anticipation research to new frontiers
• Help publish research articles in quality international, peer-review journals