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 FRL (Facebook Reality Labs) team at Facebook is helping more people around the world come together and connect through world-class AR/VR hardware and software. With global departments dedicated to VR research, computer vision, haptics, social interaction, and more, FRL is committed to driving the state-of-the-art forward through relentless innovation. AR/VR's potential to change the world is immense and we're just getting started.Our product engineering team explores, develops, and delivers new cutting-edge technologies of AR/VR products. We are focused on integrating and launching new technologies from early concept to launch while iterating, prototyping, and realizing the human value and new experiences they open up.As a System HW Technical Program Manager at FRL, you will play a key role in delivering new cutting-edge technologies to market. You will be defining and driving highly complex, cross-functional plans for the new product introductions and you will lead the execution including planning of requirements, managing schedules, identifying and tracking risks and associated mitigations. You will be responsible for communication of program status and risk to program stakeholders. In this role, you will have major impact on future FRL products.You will lead multidisciplinary programs through the product development cycle to develop the hardware to drive our industry-leading virtual reality systems. You will establish requirements with internal and external customers, manage program schedules, identify risks and associated mitigation plans, and clearly communicate to program stakeholders. We look for technical program managers who have a strong technical foundation and are natural motivators, cross-functional relationship builders, and champions for driving the right level of process to ensure smooth and predictable program execution in a fast-paced innovative environment.

Responsibilities

• Create and lead engineering development efforts for new hardware projects from initial concept to mass production readiness
• Lead a cross functional hardware development team of PD, EE, FW, Modules, SW, and Operations
• Develop schedules, identify critical paths and bottlenecks and maintain execution throughout the duration of programs
• Represent the Hardware function of the project in leadership reviews, core team, and company meetings
• Effectively communicate program statuses, identify potential risks and setbacks, and develop mitigation strategies
• Develop best practices and technology development processes
• Manage prototype hardware builds (Protos, EVT, DVT) with our contract manufacturer
• Coordinate and contribute to engineering deliverables, including specifications, test plans, reliability testing, and engineering validation
• Ensure program documents are complete, current and available for staff and leadership review
• Create and manage project hardware budget
• Up to 20% travel
  

Minimum Qualification

• BS in engineering discipline, physics, or equivalent experience
• 7+ years experience as a program manager managing hardware programs from concept to mass production
• Experience with phase gate approach to technology development projects
• Experience in scoping and shipping Consumer Electronics hardware
• Communication experience and experience working with technical teams
• Problem-solving and organizational experience and a focus on continuous improvement
• Experience building relationships and collaborating with cross-functional teams
• Experience operating autonomously across multiple teams
  

Preferred Qualification

• Preferred experience as a technical leader
  

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.