Meta - Sunnyvale, CA
posted 2 months ago
As a Hardware Requirements System Engineer at Meta Reality Labs, you will be an integral part of the teams responsible for designing, building, and testing prototypes for future consumer virtual reality (VR) experiences. This role is ideal for individuals who excel in collaborative environments, can generate innovative ideas, and are comfortable working in emerging technology sectors. You will be tasked with navigating ambiguity, mapping tradespaces, and transforming concepts into prototypes that can evolve into high-volume consumer products. The Hardware Requirements System Engineer will play a crucial role in ensuring the convergence of complex and novel sub-system and product architectures, which are essential for advancing consumer VR systems. This includes working on new sensing systems, display and optics systems, input devices, and full VR headsets. The position requires expert technical communication skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including Industrial Design (ID), hardware engineering, partnerships, supply chain, and core technology groups. Your primary goal will be to drive the incubation of new technologies from proof of concept through to integration into products for mass production. A strong technical understanding of consumer electronics and VR systems across the entire stack is essential. The ideal candidate will have a broad engineering background in electrical, mechanical, optics, semiconductors, or related fields, along with strong systems skills and demonstrated leadership capabilities. Previous experience in driving architecture convergence on complex consumer electronics products, as well as familiarity with SoC evaluation, optical systems, sensors, and CV algorithms, will be highly beneficial. In this role, you will develop processes to ensure proper documentation throughout all stages of product development, manage requirements flow, and oversee verification and validation processes. You will also be responsible for tracking and monitoring schedule performance, identifying solutions to recover schedules, and mitigating risks. Your leadership will provide insights into project expectations and priorities, while you will work on all aspects of system engineering from risk identification to strategic decision-making. Additionally, you will manage requirements and configuration through Model Based Systems Engineering, integrate insights across technical execution groups, and facilitate technical discussions to resolve requirement issues. Your contributions will help drive the development of new virtual reality experiences and advance the technology and research roadmap.