{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"235d9f0c19d72e37af22ffe9","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/235d9f0c19d72e37af22ffe9","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/235d9f0c19d72e37af22ffe9","title":"Engineering Manager, Data Systems Hardware & Site Engineering","description":"Reality Labs is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Data Systems Hardware & Site Engineering team. This team designs, builds, and deploys the devices and systems used to capture the datasets behind Reality Labs products. That work supports Codec Avatars, Input, and Health programs across all RL devices, and enables the algorithm development and research behind those programs.You'll manage a multi-disciplinary engineering team (mechanical, electrical, firmware/embedded software, and systems engineering) across three classes of capture hardware. Studio systems: large-scale multi-camera rigs with controlled lighting, hardware synchronization, high-bandwidth ingest, and storage infrastructure. Wearable prototypes: data collection headsets, sensor-integrated form factor mockups, and body-worn devices that hold sensor alignment and repeatable positioning across participants. In-the-wild systems: portable and participant-operated hardware that collects outside a controlled lab, durable enough for sustained handling by non-engineering operators and serviceable in the field. You'll also own the site engineering function that deploys and sustains these systems across North America.You're a builder and a leader. You'll get hands-on with critical hardware challenges, represent and advocate for the hardware engineering craft, and develop the overall data collection strategy with program leaders and stakeholders. That means translating research roadmaps into system requirements, deciding which modality fits which program need, and making sure our capture capabilities keep up.Requirements are often undefined at project start. Research direction and program priorities shift, and specs get established through prototyping and measurement. You'll be the connective tissue between researchers, engineers, and site teams, determining project priority, feasibility, and resource allocation across programs with competing timelines.\n\nEngineering Manager, Data Systems Hardware & Site Engineering Responsibilities:\n\nLead and develop the hardware, electrical, and embedded software engineering craft for data capture systems across multiple RL programs\nOwn the design and evolution of studio capture systems, including multi-camera arrays, structured lighting, hardware synchronization, high-bandwidth data pipelines, and on-site storage infrastructure\nOwn the design and evolution of wearable capture prototypes, including data collection headsets, sensor-integrated form factor mockups, and body-worn devices, covering sensor integration, alignment repeatability, fit, comfort, thermal, and participant safety\nOwn the design and evolution of in-the-wild collection systems that operate outside controlled lab environments, built for transport, field assembly, and use by non-engineering operators\nManage a team of mechanical, electrical, and firmware engineers. Mentor, grow, and develop leaders and individual contributors\nRepresent and advocate for the hardware engineering craft. Develop the right processes, practices, and people to accomplish the team's work\nOwn the team's systems for designing, simulating, prototyping, and testing capture hardware\nDrive architecture and design reviews for hardware and firmware across device programs\nProvide individual technical contributions by implementing electro-mechanical and firmware solutions on critical projects\nEstablish design standards, common platforms, and reusable subsystems to reduce cost and schedule on subsequent builds\nIdentify essential roles and recruit top engineering talent\nDevelop the overall data collection strategy with program leaders and stakeholders across Codec Avatars, Input, and Health\nTranslate research roadmaps into system requirements and capture capability targets\nDecide which collection modality fits which program need, and make the trade-offs across data quality, participant scale, cost, and deployability explicit\nDefine equipment standards and technical specifications for capture systems\nOwn the site engineering function for data collection sites across North America, including deployment planning, bring-up, and sustained technical support\nBuild and manage site engineering teams (technicians, coordinators, contingent workers) that install, operate, and maintain capture systems\nAccountable for hardware inventory, logistics, maintenance, and equipment standards across distributed sites\nEnsure, through partners, scaled deployment and site-level technical processes including calibration, validation, privacy and data compliance, and participant safety\nPerform root-cause analysis on failures in deployed hardware, drive design improvements back into the systems, and verify effectiveness\nDesign for transport, field assembly, and reconfiguration across sites, and support device bring-up and troubleshooting on location\nManage site engineering budgets and resource allocation across collections and hardware programs\nServe as liaison between researchers, engineering, site teams, and software teams across programs\nCoordinate complex projects with key partners. Manage team allocation, schedules, milestones, and delivery\nInfluence leaders and key partners to gain alignment, build virtual teams, and accomplish cross-team goals\nDrive improvements through measurement, feedback loops, and continuous iteration\nBalance priorities across Codec Avatars, Input, and Health programs with competing timelines and resource needs\n\nMinimum Qualifications:\n\nBS or higher in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering (or equivalent experience)\n12+ years experience as a hardware engineer working across one or more of: electrical, mechanical, embedded software, systems engineering, or similar domain\n5+ years in leadership and people management in medium to large scale organizations\nDirect experience shipping consumer hardware or working in technology R&D organizations\nDemonstrated expertise with complex data capture systems, including multi-camera rigs, lighting, hardware synchronization, and high-bandwidth data pipelines\nExperience with hardware that integrates cameras, sensors, and compute into constrained or wearable form factors\nExperience owning multi-site technical operations or site engineering (labs, data collection, manufacturing, or similar)\nDemonstrated domain knowledge in compute and systems development with a proven track record building advanced technology\nExperience leading design development from schematic capture, PCB layout through assembly\nExperience establishing requirements and specifications in environments where full system requirements are undefined at project start\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\nDeep expertise in camera systems, structured/controlled lighting, time synchronization (PTP/genlock), and high-speed data ingest/storage architectures\nExperience with AR/VR headsets, smart glasses, or other head-mounted hardware\nExperience designing hardware for repeated handling, transport, and field deployment by non-engineering operators\nExperience managing distributed teams and vendor partnerships across multiple geographies\nBackground in health/medical devices, input devices, or biometric sensing systems\nExperience working with CM and EMS partners in design, manufacture, testing, and delivery of hardware solutions\nExperience developing data collection strategy across multiple programs and collection modalities\nExperience with digital circuit design and communications protocols (I2C, UART, SPI, USB, MIPI, I2S)\nExperience with high-bandwidth data transport (10G/25G/100G Ethernet, PCIe, NVMe, high-speed serial interfaces)\nExperience with head-worn, wearable, or body-worn devices, including fit, adjustment mechanisms, and anthropometric sizing\nExperience with 3D design modeling (NX or SolidWorks) and physical prototyping\nExperience with embedded computing and wearable devices\nExperience with motion capture, photogrammetry, or biometric sensing systems\nExperience with privacy, data compliance, and participant safety requirements in human subject study environments\nExperience with instrumented prototypes or research hardware built for data capture rather than production release\n\nAbout Meta:\n\nMeta 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.\n\nMeta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.\n\nMeta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@meta.com.\n\n$208,000/year to $289,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits\n\nIndividual 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. 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This team designs, builds, and deploys the devices and systems used to capture the datasets behind Reality Labs products. That work supports Codec Avatars, Input, and Health programs across all RL devices, and enables the algorithm development and research behind those programs.You'll manage a multi-disciplinary engineering team (mechanical, electrical, firmware/embedded software, and systems engineering) across three classes of capture hardware. Studio systems: large-scale multi-camera rigs with controlled lighting, hardware synchronization, high-bandwidth ingest, and storage infrastructure. Wearable prototypes: data collection headsets, sensor-integrated form factor mockups, and body-worn devices that hold sensor alignment and repeatable positioning across participants. In-the-wild systems: portable and participant-operated hardware that collects outside a controlled lab, durable enough for sustained handling by non-engineering operators and serviceable in the field. You'll also own the site engineering function that deploys and sustains these systems across North America.You're a builder and a leader. You'll get hands-on with critical hardware challenges, represent and advocate for the hardware engineering craft, and develop the overall data collection strategy with program leaders and stakeholders. That means translating research roadmaps into system requirements, deciding which modality fits which program need, and making sure our capture capabilities keep up.Requirements are often undefined at project start. Research direction and program priorities shift, and specs get established through prototyping and measurement. You'll be the connective tissue between researchers, engineers, and site teams, determining project priority, feasibility, and resource allocation across programs with competing timelines.\n\nEngineering Manager, Data Systems Hardware & Site Engineering Responsibilities:\n\nLead and develop the hardware, electrical, and embedded software engineering craft for data capture systems across multiple RL programs\nOwn the design and evolution of studio capture systems, including multi-camera arrays, structured lighting, hardware synchronization, high-bandwidth data pipelines, and on-site storage infrastructure\nOwn the design and evolution of wearable capture prototypes, including data collection headsets, sensor-integrated form factor mockups, and body-worn devices, covering sensor integration, alignment repeatability, fit, comfort, thermal, and participant safety\nOwn the design and evolution of in-the-wild collection systems that operate outside controlled lab environments, built for transport, field assembly, and use by non-engineering operators\nManage a team of mechanical, electrical, and firmware engineers. Mentor, grow, and develop leaders and individual contributors\nRepresent and advocate for the hardware engineering craft. Develop the right processes, practices, and people to accomplish the team's work\nOwn the team's systems for designing, simulating, prototyping, and testing capture hardware\nDrive architecture and design reviews for hardware and firmware across device programs\nProvide individual technical contributions by implementing electro-mechanical and firmware solutions on critical projects\nEstablish design standards, common platforms, and reusable subsystems to reduce cost and schedule on subsequent builds\nIdentify essential roles and recruit top engineering talent\nDevelop the overall data collection strategy with program leaders and stakeholders across Codec Avatars, Input, and Health\nTranslate research roadmaps into system requirements and capture capability targets\nDecide which collection modality fits which program need, and make the trade-offs across data quality, participant scale, cost, and deployability explicit\nDefine equipment standards and technical specifications for capture systems\nOwn the site engineering function for data collection sites across North America, including deployment planning, bring-up, and sustained technical support\nBuild and manage site engineering teams (technicians, coordinators, contingent workers) that install, operate, and maintain capture systems\nAccountable for hardware inventory, logistics, maintenance, and equipment standards across distributed sites\nEnsure, through partners, scaled deployment and site-level technical processes including calibration, validation, privacy and data compliance, and participant safety\nPerform root-cause analysis on failures in deployed hardware, drive design improvements back into the systems, and verify effectiveness\nDesign for transport, field assembly, and reconfiguration across sites, and support device bring-up and troubleshooting on location\nManage site engineering budgets and resource allocation across collections and hardware programs\nServe as liaison between researchers, engineering, site teams, and software teams across programs\nCoordinate complex projects with key partners. Manage team allocation, schedules, milestones, and delivery\nInfluence leaders and key partners to gain alignment, build virtual teams, and accomplish cross-team goals\nDrive improvements through measurement, feedback loops, and continuous iteration\nBalance priorities across Codec Avatars, Input, and Health programs with competing timelines and resource needs\n\nMinimum Qualifications:\n\nBS or higher in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering (or equivalent experience)\n12+ years experience as a hardware engineer working across one or more of: electrical, mechanical, embedded software, systems engineering, or similar domain\n5+ years in leadership and people management in medium to large scale organizations\nDirect experience shipping consumer hardware or working in technology R&D organizations\nDemonstrated expertise with complex data capture systems, including multi-camera rigs, lighting, hardware synchronization, and high-bandwidth data pipelines\nExperience with hardware that integrates cameras, sensors, and compute into constrained or wearable form factors\nExperience owning multi-site technical operations or site engineering (labs, data collection, manufacturing, or similar)\nDemonstrated domain knowledge in compute and systems development with a proven track record building advanced technology\nExperience leading design development from schematic capture, PCB layout through assembly\nExperience establishing requirements and specifications in environments where full system requirements are undefined at project start\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\nDeep expertise in camera systems, structured/controlled lighting, time synchronization (PTP/genlock), and high-speed data ingest/storage architectures\nExperience with AR/VR headsets, smart glasses, or other head-mounted hardware\nExperience designing hardware for repeated handling, transport, and field deployment by non-engineering operators\nExperience managing distributed teams and vendor partnerships across multiple geographies\nBackground in health/medical devices, input devices, or biometric sensing systems\nExperience working with CM and EMS partners in design, manufacture, testing, and delivery of hardware solutions\nExperience developing data collection strategy across multiple programs and collection modalities\nExperience with digital circuit design and communications protocols (I2C, UART, SPI, USB, MIPI, I2S)\nExperience with high-bandwidth data transport (10G/25G/100G Ethernet, PCIe, NVMe, high-speed serial interfaces)\nExperience with head-worn, wearable, or body-worn devices, including fit, adjustment mechanisms, and anthropometric sizing\nExperience with 3D design modeling (NX or SolidWorks) and physical prototyping\nExperience with embedded computing and wearable devices\nExperience with motion capture, photogrammetry, or biometric sensing systems\nExperience with privacy, data compliance, and participant safety requirements in human subject study environments\nExperience with instrumented prototypes or research hardware built for data capture rather than production release\n\nAbout Meta:\n\nMeta 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.\n\nMeta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.\n\nMeta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@meta.com.\n\n$208,000/year to $289,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits\n\nIndividual 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.","datePosted":"2026-10-12T09:37:33.829Z","dateModified":"2026-10-12T09:37:33.829Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Meta","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Myrtle Point","addressRegion":"OR","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"235d9f0c19d72e37af22ffe9"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/235d9f0c19d72e37af22ffe9"}}