Display System Engineer

As a Display System Engineer at Meta Reality Labs, you will drive the end-to-end design and delivery of advanced binocular display systems for AR products. This role requires technical expertise across optical, mechanical, calibration, and system interface domains, as well as leadership in cross-functional environments. You will be responsible for defining system architecture, requirements, and execution strategies, ensuring successful productization from concept through high-volume manufacturing.Display System Engineer Responsibilities

Drive the design and integration of full binocular display systems, including optics, mechanics, calibration, and system interfaces

Define sub-system requirements with the product team, then deliver AR/VR hardware, software, and calibration that meets specifications. This may include: hardware (optics, electronics, mechanics, silicon, sensors, data communication), software (computer vision algorithms, calibration, modeling, analysis), and performance analysis

Resolve requirements discrepancies and ensure alignment across all engineering disciplines

Drive cross-functional engagement with partners to develop concepts and prototypes into manufacturable product hardware

Collaborate with product, hardware, software, calibration, integration, and validation teams to deliver AR/VR hardware that meets specifications

Lead design verification, testing, and troubleshooting to correlate with optical modeling, metrology, and system performance

Influence technical direction and strategy across the organization

Mentor and develop engineers and cross-functional partners

MS or BS in Engineering, Physics, Optics, or related field, or equivalent work experience

10+ years of experience in developing complex optical systems, with at least 5 years in a technical leadership role

5+ years of experience and knowledge of optics three or more of the following: systems design and integration, imaging, illumination, radiometry and photometry, physical and geometric optics, statistics, and polarization

Demonstrated expertise in binocular display system design and integration

Experience on shipping products with advanced optical systems

Collaboration experience and influencing skills

Experience with full product life cycle launches in AR/VR or wearable display systems

Familiarity with display calibration functions and graphics pipelines

In-depth knowledge of display optical requirement definitions, characterization and performance optimization

Minimum QualificationsPreferred Qualifications 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.
$204,000/year to $281,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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