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.

Within Facebook Reality Labs, our world-class team of researchers, developers, and engineers are creating the future of virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR). You’ll have a unique opportunity to collaborate with industry-leading researchers and engineers who on finding comprehensive solutions to complex tracking problems, delivering novel technologies and algorithms fundamental to future VR and AR systems. As an Applied Research Scientist, you will bring eye tracking research initiatives from paper analysis to full proof-of-concept platforms. We welcome candidates who strive for a deep understanding of complex systems and who harbor a strong desire to push beyond state-of-the-art. Ideal candidates are expected to model expected performance of novel sensor systems, specify or design system components from first principles based on understanding of bandwidth, power consumption, signal-to-noise, and sampling requirements. Validate these models through rapid prototypes and benchtop systems, collaborate with cross-disciplinary peers to understand practical limits of these architectures with off-the-shelf or custom components. They are comfortable assembling virtual teams and/or establishing external partnerships to work past these limits.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and validate sensor prototypes
• Conduct design reviews based on fundamental analysis and understanding of optical, photonic, or acoustic sensing architectures from first principles to expected performance metrics
• Communicate and document research agenda, progress and results
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers across diverse disciplines
• Engage with vendors and industry partners as needed to advance the research program
  

Minimum Qualification

• PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Optics, Robotics, or a related STEM field
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
• Track record of research results as demonstrated in accepted papers at scientific journals and conferences
• Demonstrated understanding of signal and systems fundamentals with experience applying that knowledge practically to sensor design and prototyping
• 4+ years of experience with programmatic hardware interfacing and control
• 4+ years of experience of demonstrated experience in sensor design and validation
• 3+ years of experience working on interdisciplinary projects
• 2+ years of experience with a programming or scripting language such as MATLAB or Python for data acquisition and analysis
  

Preferred Qualification

• 5+ years of experience with C++ or Python
• Demonstrated experience with computer vision algorithms and requirements for post-processing - such as ray optics, calibration and distortion correction, and camera models
• Experience with control system design fundamentals and validation for tracking problems
  

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.