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 Optical Engineer to join our Optical Product Development team in FRL. In this role, you will work with a diverse and highly interdisciplinary team of researchers and engineers to design, simulate, implement and debug the imaging optics for advanced machine vision systems. You will work cross functionally to develop specifications and test methods, perform performance evaluation for the imaging optics and work closely with manufacturing partners for prototyping and mass production.

Responsibilities

• As the technical lead of a team of cross functional engineers, you will drive design, development and implementation of imaging optics, and change the landscape of capabilities of AR/VR hardware
• Work closely with external hardware industry partners to identify, define, develop, test, and deploy state-of-the-art optics for imaging systems
• Work closely with internal camera and sensor, electrical engineering, and product design teams to develop imaging optics specifications, perform in-depth performance analysis and debug component and system level issues
• Willingness to travel up to 20% domestically and internationally
  

Minimum Qualification

• BS degree in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or a related technical discipline with 5+ years of work experience
• Experience in imaging optics
• Experience in both sequential and non-sequential optical design software (e.g. Zemax, Code V, LightTool, FRED and/or ASAP)
• Experience in image quality evaluation, imaging sensor operation and characterization, stray light modeling and analysis, camera module or lens testing and characterization, imaging and illumination optics design and manufacturing
• Experience in opto-mechanical engineering and injection molding
• Experience in thin film physics and fabrication
• Experience in machine vision algorithms
• Experience in theoretical analysis using MATLAB, Python or similar programs
• Experience in statistical analysis using JMP, MATLAB
• Proven communication skills and interpersonal skills
  

Preferred Qualification

• MS or PhD in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline with 3+ years of work experience or equivalent work experience
• Experience in imaging optics in the consumer electronics industry
  

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.