Embedded Software Engineer
Meta
Software Engineering
Redmond, WA, USA
USD 223,379-240,240 / year + Equity
Posted on Aug 30, 2025
Embedded Software Engineer
Redmond, WA • Full Time
Meta
Software Engineering
Design
Engineering
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services 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. To apply, click “Apply to Job” online on this web page.
Embedded Software Engineer Responsibilities
- Develop bare metal and RTOS-based embedded software and algorithms in the areas of cameras, sensors, display, graphics, memory, I/O, bootloader, and power management.
- Support the bring-up of Meta's Wearables' form-factor and non-form-factor hardware platforms, as well as accessories.
- Improve code coverage, CI infrastructure, and implementation, and conduct quality/reliability tests.
- Involve bug triaging and troubleshooting.
- Provide feedback to the silicon and hardware teams on architecture, system and IP design, circuit design, power, and performance based on product use cases to improve SoC and hardware design.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive firmware solution convergence across products and platforms.
Minimum Qualifications
- Requires a Bachelor's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field
- Completion of one university-level coursework, research project or internship must include experience in the following:
- 1. Write and debug complex systems software in C, C++, and Python
- 2. Implement embedded software solutions for bare-metal and RTOS environments
- 3. Perform prototyping, validation, integration, bring-up, and configuration of custom silicon SoCs on platforms such as FPGAs, emulators, and development boards
- 4. Apply expertise in system software for complex Asymmetric Multiprocessing Systems (AMPs) with mixed architectures
- 5. Write systems software for Zephyr, FreeRTOS, and AOSP across architectures such as ARM, RISC-V, Xtensa, and x86
- 6. Hands-on coding experience with peripherals such as UART, SPI, CSI-2, i2c, GPIO, USB
- 7. Experience with lab instrumentation such as oscilloscopes, logic/protocol analyzers for debugging embedded systems at HW level
- 8. Experience with wireless and wired communication protocols,TCP/IP, Ethernet, Bluetooth and 802.11
- 9. Experience across topics including computer graphics, computer vision, or machine learning
- 10. Experience with silicon, device manufacturing, and low-power SoCs
- 11. Experience with prototyping or pre-silicon environments (FPGAs, simulation, or emulation)
- 12. Experience with embedded DSP, CPU, and GPU architectures
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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.
$223,379/year to $240,240/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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