Sensor Hardware Electrical Engineer

Meta

Meta

Other Engineering
USD 139k-200k / year + Equity
Posted on Jun 12, 2025
Sensor Hardware Electrical Engineer
Sunnyvale, CA • Full Time
Meta
Facebook Reality Labs
Hardware
At Meta Reality Labs we aim to bring together the cross-disciplinary minds in one place to deliver on our mission: build tools that help people feel connected, anytime, anywhere. As a Sensor Electrical Engineer, you will be a member of our System EE Team for the next generation Smart Glasses; driving the sensor electrical design and development, working on leading edge technologies, and collaborating with the cross-functional teams to deliver on our HW platforms. You will be part of a tight-knit group of highly skilled engineers at the forefront of the innovation for Meta HW products (MR/VR, etc.).
Sensor Hardware Electrical Engineer Responsibilities
  • Collaborate with cross functional teams and external partners to push the boundaries of technologies and deliver sensor solutions in battery operated products
  • Lead efforts to integrate new sensor modalities into high volume consumer products through all stages of product development (from prototyping, design through mass production)
  • Leverage analog, circuit design, and optoelectronics fundamentals to build, debug, and validate prototypes
  • Apply electrical engineering fundamentals to convert reference designs into custom product solutions. Design schematics, supervise board/Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC) layouts, and actively participate in design reviews to support sensors integration into product
  • Optimize sensor architecture, sensor component selection and sensing system design
  • Work closely with Contract Manufacturer / Joint Development Manufacturer CM/JDM resources to leverage their engineers and maximize the focus of internal resources on adding value to and differentiating our product
  • Perform lab measurements and factory tests as needed to validate the design and resolve any issues
  • Drive the resolution of technical issues by working with the cross-functional teams: Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Quality, Reliability as well as the various CM/JDM teams
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 4+ years work experience in Electrical Engineering
  • 4+ years of experience in consumer electronics or related fields
  • 4+ years of experience in embedded or mobile system design, sensing technologies and architecture, circuit design, board bring-up and product NPI experience
  • Experience leading technical teams, cross-functional groups and vendors
  • Experience with hands-on hardware bring-up, debugging, and functional verification
Preferred Qualifications
  • Demonstrated experience to bring new technologies to product
  • Demonstrated experience to integrate sensing technologies such as optical sensors, capacitive touch sensors or motion sensors in a product
  • Experience performing bench level power measurements coupled with analytical experience
  • Knowledge of the relationship between physical layout and electrical performance
  • Experience communicating novel concepts to broad audience succinctly and in simple terms
  • Experience in modeling, developing test scripts and firmware
  • Proficiency with data collection and analysis tools including JMP, Python, LabView, MATLAB and other scripting languages
For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information.
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.

$139,000/year to $200,000/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.


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