{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"a088d76ffc3cd6fbae4f2640","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a088d76ffc3cd6fbae4f2640","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/a088d76ffc3cd6fbae4f2640","title":"Camera and Depth Electrical Engineer","description":"As a Camera and Depth Electrical Engineer in the RL Devices team, you will work on camera, depth, and sensor electrical design, with the flexibility to contribute across customized ASIC, camera, depth, and sensor electrical module designs, as well as system integrations. You will have the opportunity to work across multiple product lines, including Mixed Reality (MR), Wearables (Smart glasses and Display), AI devices, and Robotics.**What Impact You'll Make**You will push the boundaries of consumer electronics by miniaturizing advanced imaging technology into ultra-lightweight wearable devices, immersive Mixed Reality experiences, next-generation AI devices, and robotics platforms. Your work will help solve the engineering challenge of integrating camera, depth, and sensor systems seamlessly into these products—balancing optical performance, form factor, and user experience. From enabling robots to perceive and navigate their environments to powering the spatial awareness in MR headsets and AI-driven devices, you are shaping how next-generation technology understands and interacts with the world.**Who You'll Collaborate With**The Camera Depth Sensor (CDS) team owns camera, depth, and sensor development end-to-end, including sensor, ASIC, hardware designs (optical, mechanical, and electrical), architecture, characterization, process, and systems engineering. As an EE on the hardware design team, you will have direct collaboration with these teams within CDS, as well as cross-functional partners, including the system EE team and TPM team. You will also partner with external manufacturing partners to develop and document design rules and capabilities.**What Makes This Role Appealing**This role offers cross-domain exposure spanning electrical, opto-mechanical, and optical disciplines while building evolving frameworks with visible impact. You will have the flexibility to work across multiple projects while focusing on module electrical engineering designs. The role allows you to apply your fundamental expertise—whether in analog, digital, chip design, system integration, or circuit design—to a variety of application levels. If you're excited by shaping how engineering knowledge scales, you'll thrive here.\n\nCamera and Depth Electrical Engineer Responsibilities:\n\nResponsible for the implementation and debugging of mixed-signal ASICs, board-level circuitry, high-speed signal integrity and systems used in our solutions\nDevelop novel solutions to complex electronics problems for Mixed Reality (MR), Wearables, AI devices, and Robotics applications\nDeliver electrical designs from concept through prototyping, validation, and mass production\nApply industry-standard design, simulation, and analysis tools (e.g., Cadence, Altium, SPICE, MATLAB) to develop and verify electrical solutions\nCollaborate with cross-functional partners—including electronics, image sensors, optics, mechanicals, firmware, and system electrical engineering teams—on seamless integration of camera and depth modules into Meta's Reality Labs' devices\nProvide technical leadership in ASIC chip customization, driving architecture decisions and design optimization for camera and depth sensor applications\nAssess vendors and manage outsourced development of PCBs\nLead debugging and failure analysis activities\n\nMinimum Qualifications:\n\n6+ years of consumer product life cycles experience\nExperience with low-power analog circuit design, DC/DC converters, power management methods, A/D and D/A conversion and image sensors\nExperience designing electrical subsystems including power regulators, high-speed digital signal integrity (MIPI CPHY and MIPI DPHY), SOC and micro-controllers, serial-communication protocols (I2C, I3C, SPI, and LVDS)\nExperience with schematic capture and PCB design using Cadence OrCAD/Allegro or equivalent\nExperience with developing detailed test plans and performing electrical hardware validation\nExperience with laboratory validation work including the ability to test/validate/debug completed reworks/assemblies/development platforms using oscilloscopes, frame grabber, optical sensor devices, logic analyzers, impedance analyzers, and similar\nExperience using scripting languages like Matlab/Python for data analysis\nExperience running firmware commands to drive prototype platforms\nExperience in cross-functional collaboration\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\nExperience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)\nExperience partnering with software or firmware teams to define and verify HW design maturity across test cases\nExperience with camera or depth sensor or auto-focus electrical design\nDemonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)\nConsumer electronics experience and/or working within a mass-production environment\n8+ years of consumer product life cycles experience\nExperience with laser driver or Camera and Depth sensor chip architectures\nExperience validating/verifying EE function blocks including custom ASICs\nExperience with end-to-end development of camera module electrical subsystem, system integration, and validation from the concept phase to mass production\nExperience developing modules or systems in high-volume consumer electronic products\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$144,000/year to $204,000/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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You will have the opportunity to work across multiple product lines, including Mixed Reality (MR), Wearables (Smart glasses and Display), AI devices, and Robotics.**What Impact You'll Make**You will push the boundaries of consumer electronics by miniaturizing advanced imaging technology into ultra-lightweight wearable devices, immersive Mixed Reality experiences, next-generation AI devices, and robotics platforms. Your work will help solve the engineering challenge of integrating camera, depth, and sensor systems seamlessly into these products—balancing optical performance, form factor, and user experience. From enabling robots to perceive and navigate their environments to powering the spatial awareness in MR headsets and AI-driven devices, you are shaping how next-generation technology understands and interacts with the world.**Who You'll Collaborate With**The Camera Depth Sensor (CDS) team owns camera, depth, and sensor development end-to-end, including sensor, ASIC, hardware designs (optical, mechanical, and electrical), architecture, characterization, process, and systems engineering. As an EE on the hardware design team, you will have direct collaboration with these teams within CDS, as well as cross-functional partners, including the system EE team and TPM team. You will also partner with external manufacturing partners to develop and document design rules and capabilities.**What Makes This Role Appealing**This role offers cross-domain exposure spanning electrical, opto-mechanical, and optical disciplines while building evolving frameworks with visible impact. You will have the flexibility to work across multiple projects while focusing on module electrical engineering designs. The role allows you to apply your fundamental expertise—whether in analog, digital, chip design, system integration, or circuit design—to a variety of application levels. If you're excited by shaping how engineering knowledge scales, you'll thrive here.\n\nCamera and Depth Electrical Engineer Responsibilities:\n\nResponsible for the implementation and debugging of mixed-signal ASICs, board-level circuitry, high-speed signal integrity and systems used in our solutions\nDevelop novel solutions to complex electronics problems for Mixed Reality (MR), Wearables, AI devices, and Robotics applications\nDeliver electrical designs from concept through prototyping, validation, and mass production\nApply industry-standard design, simulation, and analysis tools (e.g., Cadence, Altium, SPICE, MATLAB) to develop and verify electrical solutions\nCollaborate with cross-functional partners—including electronics, image sensors, optics, mechanicals, firmware, and system electrical engineering teams—on seamless integration of camera and depth modules into Meta's Reality Labs' devices\nProvide technical leadership in ASIC chip customization, driving architecture decisions and design optimization for camera and depth sensor applications\nAssess vendors and manage outsourced development of PCBs\nLead debugging and failure analysis activities\n\nMinimum Qualifications:\n\n6+ years of consumer product life cycles experience\nExperience with low-power analog circuit design, DC/DC converters, power management methods, A/D and D/A conversion and image sensors\nExperience designing electrical subsystems including power regulators, high-speed digital signal integrity (MIPI CPHY and MIPI DPHY), SOC and micro-controllers, serial-communication protocols (I2C, I3C, SPI, and LVDS)\nExperience with schematic capture and PCB design using Cadence OrCAD/Allegro or equivalent\nExperience with developing detailed test plans and performing electrical hardware validation\nExperience with laboratory validation work including the ability to test/validate/debug completed reworks/assemblies/development platforms using oscilloscopes, frame grabber, optical sensor devices, logic analyzers, impedance analyzers, and similar\nExperience using scripting languages like Matlab/Python for data analysis\nExperience running firmware commands to drive prototype platforms\nExperience in cross-functional collaboration\n\nPreferred Qualifications:\n\nExperience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)\nExperience partnering with software or firmware teams to define and verify HW design maturity across test cases\nExperience with camera or depth sensor or auto-focus electrical design\nDemonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)\nConsumer electronics experience and/or working within a mass-production environment\n8+ years of consumer product life cycles experience\nExperience with laser driver or Camera and Depth sensor chip architectures\nExperience validating/verifying EE function blocks including custom ASICs\nExperience with end-to-end development of camera module electrical subsystem, system integration, and validation from the concept phase to mass production\nExperience developing modules or systems in high-volume consumer electronic products\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$144,000/year to $204,000/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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