Job Description

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities - we're just getting started.

At Facebook Reality Labs (FRL), our goal is to explore, innovate and design novel interfaces and hardware subsystems for the next generation of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. We are looking for a skilled and motivated Electrical Engineering Lead Architect to join our Electrical Engineering team, whose mission is to design, build, and test prototype electrical systems for future consumer VR and AR experiences. We are specifically looking for a candidate with a broad set of experiences, including embedded design, analog/mixed signal design, RF, or multimodal biometric sensing. The systems we work with could have ASICs, microcontrollers, microprocessors, FPGAs from simple to large, displays, audio, inertial sensors, haptic interfaces, camera sensors, and high speed I/O. You will work cross-functionally with teams that will dynamically change depending on the problem and potentially include mechanical, optical, firmware, software, and research experts. The ideal candidate will work well in teams, can brainstorm big ideas, work in new technology areas, enjoy driving a concept into a design, and tolerate a high degree of ambiguity. The ideal candidate will also be able to create a board definition and implement with electrical schematic and layout, bring-up, troubleshoot, and ready these devices for small-batch research prototyping efforts. Your primary role will be split between supporting a small team of EE’s and providing technical leadership on one of many prototyping efforts. More broadly, the chosen candidate will work with a diverse and highly interdisciplinary team of researchers and engineers and will have access to cutting edge technology, resources, and testing facilities.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in a team environment across engineering disciplines while managing a wide variety of stakeholders and leading process definition.
• Define Hardware systems, roadmaps, and validate system architectures in a cross functional team.
• Mentor and provide guidance to the Electrical Engineering team.
• Work closely with various internal and external organizations to define and execute the long term vision.
  

Minimum Qualification

• BS in Digital System Design, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience working on complex EE designs and leading cross functional teams in the design and delivery of projects.
• Experience in design of system architectures encompassing compute, EE, sensors, calibration, and firmware from initial conception through prototyping and beyond.
• Experience working independently, managing priorities, and demonstrates aptitude for creative problem solving.
• Experience providing technical leadership to matrixed team of electrical engineers to execute product development on schedule.
  

Preferred Qualification

• Experience with VR/AR systems or wearable technologies.
• Experience with one or more of the following: design of high speed circuits, analog circuits Verilog/FPGAs, microcontrollers, microprocessors, firmware, sensor development, or programmable logic based development.
• Evidence of strong organization and documentation skills (which are key in order to share, refine, and iterate designs in the future).
• Cross discipline experience in firmware, software, or mechanical.
  

Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.