Job Description

At Reality Labs in Meta, we bring together the brightest cross-disciplinary minds in one place to deliver our mission: build tools that help people feel connected, anytime, anywhere. Developers, researchers, engineers, and designers all working together to help build a more expansive – and more inclusive – future for all of us. We’re developing all the technologies needed to build immersive AR experiences in stylish, lightweight, all-day wearable form factors. Our products integrate displays, cameras, optics, sensors, audio, and silicon to enable computer vision, graphics, full body tracking and perception science. The Vice President of AR Hardware Engineering will shape the intersection of our technology investments and product development, transforming how we play, work, learn, communicate, and experience the world around us. They will manage a large team of engineers, spanning electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, system integration and platform development, building the future AR products, working closely with the cross-functional teams supporting them.Candidates must have significant experience in leading the development of multi-functional, highly complex, consumer electronics products, having successfully brought these products to market. They must also have direct experience with prototyping new technologies in multiple areas, working to develop new processes to integrate them into products. They must have strong interpersonal and communication skills along with a comprehensive understanding of cross-functional interconnectedness and deliverables to enable the realization of complex AR/VR products. Candidates must have a keen focus on driving business results, ability to work in ambiguous/less defined environments, and strong willingness to collaborate and optimize overall business objectives.

Vice President, AR Hardware Engineering Responsibilities:

• Lead product hardware engineering teams in bringing complex products from concept to mass production through all phases of engineering design, development and validation.
• Drive investment strategy and development partnerships with key component vendors/suppliers, collaborating closely with technology, supply chain and manufacturing operations team to enable product differentiation and ensure that product cost, design for manufacturing, quality and go-to-market strategies are met.
• Develop outstanding strategic relationships with product peers in engineering, research, business, design, and user research teams to define product requirements and architecture.
• Partner with global leaders, HR and recruiting to develop and execute on a strategy to attract, retain and develop top talent and role model leadership best practices.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 10+ years people management experience including managing leaders and managing remotely across regions.
• Track record and demonstrated leadership in developing nascent consumer hardware and software technologies into successful mass-market consumer products.
• Experience thinking strategically and executing methodically in an entrepreneurial environment, managing multiple programs simultaneously.
• Demonstrated experience with formulating the strategies for multiple product lines, spearheading the effort to execute against them by managing risk and prioritizing resource allocation effectively.
• Collaboration and relationship-building experience, working with all levels of management and individual contributors internally and externally.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• MS/PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  
  

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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