System Engineering Manager

Reality Labs Research (RL-R) brings together a diverse and highly interdisciplinary team of researchers and engineers to create the future of augmented and virtual reality. Join us to bridge the gaps between the physical you and virtual you in many products Meta has to offer, and bring the world closer together.

Our team is looking for an exceptional systems engineering manager to help create and scale state-of-the-art motion-capture systems to revolutionize photorealistic telepresence in virtual reality, thus enabling the ability to interact with anyone, anytime, anywhere. We have made some important advances, but it will take a team with a wide spectrum of skills to fully realize this goal. We need to harden our systems and processes so we can repeatedly capture at high volumes.

As a System engineering manager, you will support your team members and help them realize their goals and aspirations. You will hire diverse talent and grow the team. You will build partnership and trust with other teams.

The ideal candidate is a person with demonstrated experience in the full life cycle of systems development and has demonstrated cultivating an honest and considerate environment where self-motivated individuals thrive. We encourage a strong sense of ownership and embrace the ambiguity that comes with working on the frontiers of research.

System Engineering Manager Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance to innovate, improve reliability, and scale complex motion capture systems.

Create career development plans and manage the performance of engineers working on advanced AR/VR RnD.

Performs technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, risk analysis, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.

Build, nurture and lead a healthy team by providing guidance, mentorship and support to engineers.

Lead issue review and prioritization process

including designing and implementing tests, debugging and defining corrective actions.

Collaborate in a diverse team environment across multiple scientific and engineering disciplines, making the architectural tradeoffs required to rapidly deliver solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, or equivalent experience.
  5+ years of experience of complex system design.

3+ years experience working with multi-disciplinary teams, and bringing people together to create solutions.

1+ years leading the work of other engineers.

System design and test experience with one or more subsystems or disciplines outside of Systems Engineering (e.g., Electrical, Mechanical, Software, etc.).

Experience in systems engineering processes, system architecture principles, and/or systems integration into development program life cycle activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in the field of Engineering, Physics, or related degree.
  5+ years of experience working within interdisciplinary teams.

Experience building sensing systems which include cameras, depth sensors, IMUs, microphones, etc.

Experience designing optical systems incorporating diffractive optical elements and building measurement systems to characterize diffractive optical elements.

Experience with software development, including but not limited to C, C++, or Python.

Familiarity of computer and networking architectures, server development and deployment.

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.

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$170,000/year to $240,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual pay is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable.

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