Job Description

At Meta’s Reality Labs Research, our goal is to make world-class consumer virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. Come work alongside industry-leading scientists and engineers to create the technology that makes VR and AR pervasive and universal. Join the adventure of a lifetime as we make science fiction real and change the world. Reality Labs is developing the future of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) products. As an Optical Process Engineer for the RLR Optics and Display team, you will be taking the lead in the development of advanced materials and processes to re-imagine visual experience in all day wearable AR/VR devices. You will be working within evolving ecosystems to provide differentiating capabilities from research to scale. You will be part of a group of scientists and engineers at the forefront of the innovation for device hardware.

Optical Process Engineer Responsibilities:

• Lead research & development in polarization holograms material, process, equipment and metrology on flat and curved surfaces to enable next generation near-to-eye augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) display designs.
• Lead design-to-fabrication gap analysis and propose closure plans in detail.
• Convert optical performance models to prescriptions for fabrication.
• Design for Manufacturability - Ensure the design is robust and the equipment, process and materials are scalable to ramp.
• Set project roadmap, timelines, and deliverables, proactively communicate the project status with stakeholders, and mitigate project risks to ensure success.
• Define and implement rigorous equipment/process validation plan, CTQs, FAT/SAT, and standards.
• Organize and drive cross-functional reviews of equipment/process requirements, provide scaling PDK and ultimately drive design optimization.
• Lead yield improvement activities with internal and external partners and drive failure analysis & corrective actions (FACA), driving the responsible teams to address issues.
• Prepare Request for Information/Proposal/Quotations that highlight requirements and specifications.
• Guide FMEA for new equipment and process technologies and provide risk assessments.
• Willingness to travel no less than 20%.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Masters degree or equivalent experience in Physics, Optical Science, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science or related fields.
• Understanding of how polarization optics and holographic optical elements work and are made
• 7+ years of direct working experience in one or more roles in optical film or lithography development, such as an optical engineer role, or Opto-Mechanical Engineer role, or physical optics research scientist, or optical system architect role.
• Experience with cross-functional teams including Optical Engineering, Opto-Mechanical Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Business development, Partnerships, Technical Programs Management and Legal.
• 5+ years of experience leading projects through full cycle from early-stage concept to mass-producible or commercialized product for the consumer electronics industry.
• Experience in project management and collaboration with cross-functional teams for solving complex technical problems.
• 5+ years of laboratory experience designing optical experiments and optical metrology.
• Experience with liquid crystal films, liquid crystal modeling and AR/VR lens optics & display optics.
• 3+ years of working experience in one or more optical modeling tools such as MATLAB, Python, COMSOL and methods such as Jones Matrix, FDTD, or RCWA, etc., or optical system design and polarization ray tracing tools of FRED, CODE V or ZEMAX etc.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in communicating to champion initiatives internally and externally, including compilation of clear and concise briefing materials, for effective communication with executive management and external partners.
• Leadership experience in conferences, grants, fellowships, patents or other professional societies.
• 5+ years of research experience with holographic optical elements in design, fabrication and metrology.
• Growth mindset with experience in managing ambiguity and conflict of interest at work.
• Effective communication skills to translate complex ideas into digestible messages.
• Strong peer-reviewed publication record.
• Experience in coaching and/or mentoring others in the team.
• 7+ years of research experience in applying existing and emerging optical technologies and incubating an idea from concept validation to system improvement of NEDs.
• Experience in tolerance analysis of optical systems, and/or aberration correction.
  
  

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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