CAD Graphics Engine Software Engineer

Zoo is building next-generation hardware design tools through a cloud-native CAD platform with AI-powered engineering workflows. The CAD Graphics Engine Software Engineer will design, prototype, implement, and maintain CAD modeling and rendering functionality, optimize graphics performance, and document production systems and implementations.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain CAD modeling algorithms (editing brep data structures, developing topological algorithms, etc)
• Develop and maintain rendering code within the graphics core of the CAD engine
• Implement and continuously improve various low-level and complex architectural systems that interface with Graphics APIs, modeling, rendering, and proceduralization pipelines
• Analyze code for performance and optimization opportunities as it relates to load times, memory usage and platform-specific performance issues
• Become an expert on our product strategy and customer use cases in order to provide the best solutions to our growing customer base
• Document functionality and implementation details for production and other Engineers

Requirements:

• Curious at your core, with an eagerness to learn and do things differently
• Customer-focused, always thinking about ways to improve the user experience
• Able to operate autonomously and work asynchronously, while also being an effective team player
• B.S. in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• Proficiency with C++14/17
• Substantial experience with 3D graphics, rendering, and modeling algorithms
• Substantial experience with 3D Graphics APIs such as Vulkan or OpenGL
• Experience with GPU computing APIs such as CUDA
• Strong familiarity of the inner workings of CAD 3D editors such as Blender, Maya, Solidworks, AutoCAD, or equivalent
• Familiarity with Git
• Experience working with both low-level and visualization-focused aspects of a graphics pipeline