Meta is hiring: AR Hardware Product Architect Lead in Redmond

This AR Hardware Product Architect role will collaborate with cross-functional leaders to solve the most critical technical problems in AR design, maturing wearable devices that user’s love through broad product or program technical ownership. Daily tasks will include: diving in to better understand product intent from PMs and creating high-level KPIs and test plans, aligning the user experience across product lines, driving technical down selections for new products, finding the root cause of issues seen in product builds, and exploring new technology avenues to solve our most pressing limitations. This challenge requires great technical depth and breadth along with extraordinary communication skills.

AR Hardware Product Architect Lead Responsibilities:

• Engage with technology project leads and various design verticals in creating the overall system architecture and drive the continued optimization through product execution.
• Establish strategic relationships with product peers in engineering, research, business, design, and user research teams to define the right device KPIs and verification tests.
• Drive transparent and inclusive decisions in complex trade spaces through studies and detailed analyses.
• Decompose product KPIs into subsystem budgets across design verticals (e.g. ME, EE, optics, silicon, thermal, etc.).
• Deliver product prototypes and derisk architectures with internal teams and external vendors.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering, or relevant industry experience.
• Previous AR, VR, or Wearables product experience.
• 8+ years of experience in hardware product development, with one or more products successfully shipping to market.
• Proven technical expertise in two or more of the following areas: See-Through Displays, Multi-Sensor Input, Human Computer Interaction, Calibration, Computer Vision, Optomechanical Engineering, Human Vision Science, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Effective communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts and drive alignment on product requirements and architecture.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in a System Engineering or Architecture role in AR/VR/MR.
• Having worked on and shipped an AR/VR product.
• Previous experience with face-worn devices across different axes of diversity.
• Experience with AR optical processes, supply chain, and fulfillment.
• Expertise in the human visual system.

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment 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. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

Meta 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.

$204,000/year to $281,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits. Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.