AR/VR Silicon Architect

Meta's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world and helps bring them closer together. Virtual and augmented reality is one area of technology that will change not just computer gaming, but potentially how all of us interact with computers, information, and each other every day.At Facebook Reality Labs, we are developing the future of virtual and augmented reality where we envisioned mobile, lightweight AR/VR devices with very low power consumption. To achieve our vision, we need to generate, transmit and store vast amounts of video, images, graphics, audio and other types of data in an extremely efficient fashion. You will be working with a small group of experts specialized in data compression to design end-to-end compression and streaming solutions for VR and AR. The position requires the capacity to quickly prototype innovative solutions to challenging problems. Our goal is not just to harness the latest compression technologies, but also help push the limit of compression technology further. You will have chances to participate in the development of future compression technologies that not only benefit VR and AR, but also have an impact on Facebook as a whole or even across the industry.

AR/VR Silicon Architect Responsibilities:

• Work with Algorithm Research teams to architect custom compression designs that surpass state of the art for metrics such as compute, bandwidth, and power consumption
• Work across disciplines, brainstorm big ideas, work in new technology areas, juggle/coordinate multiple initiatives, drive a concept into a prototype and ultimately guide the transition into a high-volume consumer product
• Make tradeoffs between general purpose and custom compute mechanisms
• Model data-flows, create detailed cost/benefit analysis and estimate power consumption
• Perform architectural studies including selecting ASIC technologies, FPGA ASIC emulation, and other system topics such as interface approaches, etc
• Support FPGA/RTL engineers implementing such algorithms for real time evaluation or silicon integration and Silicon SoC Architects with integration, documentation and implementation
• Produce detailed documents and SystemC models matching the proposed ASIC implementation, and produce detailed tradeoff analyses for executive review and product roadmap decisions
• Travel both domestically and internationally

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of experience as a Digital Design Engineer, Silicon, Architect, and Silicon Architect for production silicon shipped in high volume
• Experience with methods for partitioning a solution across hardware and software, digital, and other multi-disciplinary boundaries in a system solution
• Experience in evaluating architectural tradeoffs in speed, performance, power, area
• Experience in employing scientific methods to debug, diagnose and drive the resolution of cross-disciplinary system issues
• Experience in a consumer electronics field
• Experience in programming in C or C++

• Experience in top down high-level-model to HW mapping
• Knowledge of industry trends and disruptive technologies within the compression domain
• Results oriented, self-motivated, proactive with demonstrated creative & critical thinking
• Works effectively as an individual and in a multidisciplinary international team
• Experience collaborating and/or leading in a team environment
• MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science