Image Quality Engineer

At Meta Reality Labs, we are developing the future of Wearables and Mixed Reality products and this team focuses on developing display and optics technologies for Meta products. Their mission is to create see-through display systems that seamlessly blend the real and virtual realms. This involves designing the architecture and all display sub-systems for Augmented Reality (AR) glasses based on leading technologies developed by Meta’s teams. We work on creating advanced display technologies that are essential for AR and Virtual Reality (VR) systems while having sub-teams that connect bits, electrons, photons, and experience for display products across wearables and the metaverse while focusing on display silicon architecture, applied perception studies, image quality, and defining the roadmap and long-term platform development strategy. Within XDO we also aim to develop and implement test, characterization, metrology, and data solutions to support the creation of transparent display systems.Image Quality Engineer Responsibilities

• Directly contribute to experiments, including designing experimental details, writing reusable code, running evaluations, and organizing results
• Contribute to publications and open-sourcing efforts
• Work with a large team
• Help identify long-term ambitious research goals as well as intermediate milestones
• Prioritize research that can be applied to Meta's product development
• Mentor other team members. Play a significant role in healthy cross-functional collaboration

Minimum Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics and/or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of experience in research, advanced optics development, or equivalent experience
• Experience in implementing system simulations of pipeline components and algorithms using a mixture of MATLAB and Python

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in taking image-based (e.g. camera, printer, display) products to market
• Experience in human factors testing and psychometric testing paradigms
• Experience with C/C++, C#, and/or Python programming languages
• Knowledge of the human visual system and color science
• Experience in managing production-level tradeoffs in typical image pipelines
• Understanding of typical image processing algorithms and software/hardware implementation through the entire pipeline
• 7+ years of experience in research, advanced optics development, or equivalent experience
• Experience in bringing up real-world display technologies or optical systems, especially Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality (AR/VR)
• Experience in working as part of a cross-functional team and familiarity with typical software/hardware design processes

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

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