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.

The Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) Team brings together a world-class team of researchers, developers, and engineers to create the future of virtual and augmented reality, which together will become as universal and essential as smartphones and personal computers are today. Just as personal computers have done over the past 45 years, AR and VR will ultimately change everything about how we work, play, and connect.

We are developing technologies needed to enable breakthrough AR glasses that rely on photopolymers and volume Bragg gratings, and hence have the potential to disrupt other more-established directions.

Our internships are twelve (12) to sixteen (16) weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year.

Responsibilities

• Perform literature survey of methods to simulate mechanical shrinkage of photo-polymers when exposed to light
• Perform simulation to analyze photopolymerization shrinkage either using commercial tools or writing custom code
• Help build optical setup to measure shrinkage
• Close the loop between experimental result and simulation
  

Minimum Qualification

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD degree in the field of Optical Science or Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, Mechanical Engineering or a related field
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
• Experience coding or using commercial FEA (Finite Element Analysis) modules
• Familiarity with material modeling, Elastic and Visco-Elastic
• Experience with physical optics
• Experience with designing/building bench-top optical systems
• Experience in one or more engineering tools such as MATLAB, or Python
  

Preferred Qualification

• Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship
• Experience with modeling photopolymers
• Experience with working with photopolymers
  

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.