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Sr. AR/VR/AI Experience Prototyper

Apple
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Product & UX / Design / Prototyping
Sunnyvale, CA
2 weeks ago
🤖 AI-First💻 Open Source
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Explicitly mentions vibe coding and AI-assisted prototyping; role uses rapid, experimental "vibe" workflows to build prototypes.

About the Role

The Vision Products Group is hiring a Senior AR/VR/AI Experience Prototyper to rapidly create interactive prototypes that explore next-generation spatial and intelligence-driven user experiences. The role combines Swift/ARKit prototyping with other tools to surface insights, guide product decisions, and demonstrate hardware/software trade-offs to cross-functional stakeholders.

Job Description

Role

The Vision Products Group is seeking a Senior Experience Prototyper to rapidly develop interactive prototypes that explore future spatial, augmented reality, and intelligence-driven experiences. The role focuses on “learning by doing”: creating experiential prototypes to surface product insights, validate concepts, and inform decision-making across technical and executive audiences.

Key Responsibilities

  • Rapidly develop user-facing interactive prototypes that demonstrate core experiential capabilities using nascent technologies (AR, AI/ML, ambient computing, IoT).
  • Present demos and prototypes to cross-functional partners, technical collaborators, and leadership to communicate insights and guide decisions.
  • Translate prototype learnings and experiment results into product requirements and implementation plans.
  • Navigate hardware and software trade-offs to arrive at coherent, user-focused experience demonstrations.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

  • BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree and 5+ years of relevant experience.
  • Able to build end-user applications using technologies like SwiftUI and ARKit (or similar).
  • Familiar with rapid prototyping techniques including AI-assisted (“vibe”) coding, Wizard of Oz methods, Arduino/embedded systems, or similar approaches.
  • Experience building applications involving AI and foundation models, including prompting and fine-tuning LLMs and working with MCP-based systems.
  • Comfortable exploring ambiguous, open-ended problems and learning new tools quickly.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Familiarity with prototyping technologies such as Touch Designer, PureData, Arduino, etc.
  • Experience with IoT/ubicomp/ambient interfaces and natural user interfaces.
  • Familiarity with immersive experiences, 3D math, and 3D development platforms such as Unity.
  • Comfortable evaluating hardware/software trade-offs in prototype contexts.

Tech Stack

SwiftARKitSwiftUITouch DesignerPureDataArduinoUnityMCP-based systemsLLMsFoundation modelsEmbedded systems

Skills

Experience PrototypingRapid PrototypingInteraction DesignUser ExperienceCross-functional CollaborationCommunicationPresentation/DemosHardware/Software Trade-off EvaluationProblem Solving in Ambiguous ContextsLearning QuicklyAI/ML Application Development3D MathEmbedded SystemsIoT/Ubiquitous Computing

Experience Level

Senior