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.

Facebook Reality Labs is a world leader in the design of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) systems. Come work alongside technology visionaries and research scientists to create the technology that makes VR and AR pervasive and universal. The Cameras & Sensors (C&S) team gathers world class expertise and talent in photographic and machine vision cameras, imaging sensors, and depth, inertial, and bio sensing systems, and owns the development and validation for all these sensing systems across the whole AR, VR & Portal product portfolios.The Image Sensors group is looking for an Application Engineer to support the development and adoption of next generation CV and RGB cameras and sensors. You will be the resident guide and technical support resource for a multi-function team, advising our internal customers.

Responsibilities

• Create camera and sensor reference designs, documentation, detailing the integration necessary with EE, ME, OE, FW & SW teams
• Develop and provide image sensor datasheets, technical white papers, application notes, tutorials and design tools
• Partner with product and system engineering to integrate these custom camera and sensor designs
• Provide hands-on bring-up and debug support of evaluation boards working with partner hardware engineering teams to diagnose and resolve issues
• Support firmware, camera and sensor design engineering teams in the collective effort of device and system level testing
• Collect issues identified through system-level evaluation and convey those to the engineering teams, advocating for fixes and/or improvements to the design, where needed
  

Minimum Qualification

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Optics, Physics, or related equivalent experience
• 2+ years of experience developing or integrating custom cameras and sensors
• Design and debugging experience of embedded hardware and software – particularly in camera or other imaging systems
• Experience working in an electro-optical laboratory environment
• Firmware development experience using C/C++
• Scripting language experience using Python or MATLAB
  

Preferred Qualification

• MS in EE or imaging related technologies
• MIPI C-PHY & I3C protocol experience
• Experience with computer vision, ISP & camera correction algorithms
• AE/FAE experience supporting imaging systems
  

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.