Pre-Discovery Product Design Engineer

At Meta Reality Labs we aim to bring together the brightest cross-disciplinary minds in one place to deliver on our mission: build tools that help people feel connected, anytime, anywhere. As a Product Design Engineer on the Pre-Discovery team, you will take a critical role in exploring products and experiences for MR, AR, or other new technology initiatives.

You will become part of a team exploring developing concepts through prototyping and into mass-production consumer electronics. You will work as part of a cross functional team requiring collaboration and curiosity in domains other than mechanical engineering. Our ideal candidate has strong mechanical engineering fundamentals, prototyping skills, CAD fluency, manufacturing process knowledge, and experience designing consumer electronics.

Pre-Discovery Product Design Engineer Responsibilities

• Lead early mechanical and product architecture definition or provide technical leadership to a larger development team

Model, build, test, and refine prototypes and characterization test systems

Conduct feasibility studies and analysis to evaluate new technologies and components. Propose innovative solutions to enhance product performance and features

Collaborate in a team environment and work across engineering disciplines to develop systems and manage trade offs across electronics, mechanics, optics, sensors, haptics, firmware and software

Push state-of-the-art technologies and approaches to solving complex mechanical problems

Leverage external teams (CM/JDM/Vendors) to maximize the focus of our internal resources on adding value and differentiation to our products

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent industry experience
  5+ years of industry experience in mechanical design, including shipping consumer electronics

Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, geometric tolerancing, and 3D/2D CAD

Working knowledge in material properties, such as plastics, metal, adhesive, glass, etc.

Testing and analysis experience (FEA, Simulation, Design of Experiments, etc.)

Knowledge of high-volume manufacturing techniques (stamping, machining, injection molding, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering
  7+ years of product design and development experience of handheld and/or wearable electronics for high volume manufacturing, including full systems ownership

Experience designing handheld and wearable electronics for high volume manufacturing

Experience with NX

Experience with products cosmetic surface treatments and interfacing with industrial design teams

Mandarin and/or Cantonese language skills

Experience designing for human factors

Locations

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 committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to accommodations-ext@fb.com.

$170,000/year to $240,000/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 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.