Jake Fletcher

2023 to 2026

• Developed and maintained a commercial Unity VR shooting platform as it scaled from roughly 150 users to nearly 50,000 monthly active users.
• Architected and implemented multiplayer with Photon PUN, integrating networking across core gameplay and application systems.
• Engineered a custom VR input system supporting Meta Quest hardware and a range of physical firearm configurations, keeping real-world and virtual device tracking aligned.
• Designed and built core application systems: weapon customisation, authentication, player profiles, avatar customisation, scene management and immersive UI.
• Supported the platform's migration from Bubble to AWS, implementing and maintaining the Unity-side API integrations and application workflows.
• Designed and built interactive VR shooting environments, contributing level design, 3D modelling, texturing and technical art, along with instructional experiences using holograms, video and voice-over.

2020 to 2023

• Produced live company-wide all-hands events for the corporate vice president of Azure and her leadership team.
• Set up, lit and recorded monthly events and one-to-one conversations with high-profile technology industry leaders.
• Recorded video and live feeds and photographed subjects, then edited the photos and video for distribution within Microsoft.
• Created 3D animation and motion graphics for videos and for other teams, used in internal presentations and all-hands events.
• Maintained an asset server and a local render farm for 3D rendering.

2019 to 2020

• Created virtual experiences for HoloLens 2 in Unity, including the Koi, Piano, Harp and Language Translation experiences.
• Built proprietary tools for optical engineers and internal developers.
• Created 3D animation and motion graphics used internally for presentations and all-hands events.
• Maintained an asset server and a local render farm for 3D rendering.
• Worked in Unity and C#, alongside Unreal Engine Blueprints, Cinema 4D, Octane and Redshift.

2007 to now

• Built a mobile terrain generation and optimisation tool with a skybox generator and support for terrain variants.
• Built a volume-based GPU-instanced grass system, GPU-driven wind systems, and a 3D rope generator with shader-based animation and sag.
• Released mobile titles: Overlap and Balencil on Android; Dollar Origami, Brazilian Reel and Balloon Animals on Android and iOS; Coin Push Pyramid on Kindle.
• Published three tools on the Unity Asset Store: 2DVLS (2D volumetric lighting), QuickRopes (physics-based rope generation) and QuickLocalization (language localisation).
• Produced a terrain tech demo for the Unity 2.0 release and a product visualisation for a conference by Intel.

2009 to 2019

• Diagnosed, repaired and maintained complex industrial equipment: NC and CNC machine tools and controllers, robotic systems, automated assembly equipment and precision manufacturing machinery.
• Troubleshot and repaired hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and electromechanical systems, gearboxes, spindle assemblies and precision positioning equipment.
• Led and coordinated a crew of 14 mechanics on first shift in Everett: prioritising emergency repairs, scheduling preventive maintenance with management and supporting daily production.
• Performed precision machine alignments, calibrations, equipment rebuilds and mechanical upgrades to hold manufacturing accuracy.
• Worked with engineering and production teams to investigate equipment failures, complete repairs and put standard procedures in place.
• Developed custom tooling and troubleshooting procedures where documentation did not exist, improving repair efficiency in Auburn.

2007 to 2009

• Disassembled, inspected, repaired and rebuilt high-precision CNC machine tool spindles, restoring them to OEM specification.
• Diagnosed mechanical and electrical failures in spindle assemblies, isolating problems in bearings, alignment, vibration and component wear.
• Performed precision mechanical assembly, including bearing replacement, component alignment and adjustment.
• Used precision measuring instruments and diagnostic equipment to verify tolerances, and ran operational tests and quality inspections on every rebuild.
• Prepared diagnostic and repair reports, documented replacement requirements and managed parts ordering.