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.

As an Electrical Engineer at Facebook Reality Labs (FRL), you will contribute to the design of next-generation end-to-end Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) concept prototypes. You will work in a dynamic cross-functional team including electrical, mechanical, firmware and software engineers, also experience, design and research experts. This role will be a key participant in Proof of Concepts (POC) or Proof of Experience (POE) electrical systems decisions, be responsible for providing electrical engineering direction to engineering development teams, guide and enable FW, OS, and SW interaction collaboration, provide electrical engineering support to Sensors and Silicon teams, etc.

Responsibilities

• Design electrical engineering solutions for end-to-end future VR/AR devices and experiences.
• Co-lead complex teams and projects towards planning, engineering and standing-up VR/AR POCs or POEs.
• Coordinate design integration and POC/POE realization with Experiences, Design, FW, SW, Automation, Test and Calibration teams.
• Develop schematics, guide board layout designs, assemble, test, debug, and integrate designs into complex hardware systems.
• Establish and conduct collaboration opportunities with external partners or resources.
  

Minimum Qualification

• 10+ years of industry experience in hardware design or electrical engineering roles
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent
• Experience with opto-electrical systems, such as lasers, proximity sensors, and depth sensors
• Analog design experience, including experience with switching power supplies, LED drive circuitry, and measurement of analog signals
• Experience with circuit simulations & modeling (e.g. SPICE, MATLAB)
• Experience with communication interfaces, such as USB, I2C, and SPI
• Experience with schematic and board design using Cadence OrCAD, Altium or equivalent
• Experience with use of oscilloscopes, digital test equipment, logic analyzers, and function generators
• Experience with at least three of the following: circuit design in differential circuits, Verilog/FPGAs, uControllers, uProcessors, firmware, programmable logic based development
• Experience working with one of these technologies: Digital signal processing, real-time image processing, display engineering, or camera modules
• Experience programming in C, creating initial system bring-up, debugging, and test code
• Experience working independently and managing priorities
• Experience Incubating technologies into high volume production
  

Preferred Qualification

• Masters degree, in Engineering, Physics, Computer Science or equivalent
• 15+ years of industry experience in hardware design or electrical engineering roles
• 5+ years of experience in research or advanced development
• Experience in developing advanced systems with multi-function/multi-disciplinary threads
• Interpersonal communication experience. Experience working cross-disciplinary and mentor best practices and team members
• Experience designing consumer products
  

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.