Hardware Systems Architect

We are seeking a highly skilled Hardware Systems Engineer to join our team at Meta Reality Labs. As a key member of the hardware systems engineering team, you will be responsible for ensuring the convergence of complex and novel sub-system and product architectures aimed at pushing the state-of-the-art consumer mixed reality systems. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to derive and interpret business and operational needs into technical requirements, determine critical interactions between subsystems, and work closely with engineering and field-based operations teams to communicate criteria. Furthermore, you will execute validation and verification activities for new product integration, including system-level and subsystem testing, to ensure that the hardware systems meet the specified requirements and function correctly in the intended environment. You will work on complex engineering challenges by leveraging a broad understanding of Meta's infrastructure, identifying trends and systemic issues in the hardware fleet, and driving resolutions and risk mitigations. You will also be responsible for mentoring other engineers, providing technical guidance and oversight, and ensuring that projects are delivered on time and within budget. You will be expected to contribute to the development of best practices and standards for systems engineering within the organization.

• Define system architecture for roadmap products, encompassing compute, memory, connectivity, peripherals/interfaces, sensors, I/O, and firmware from initial conception through prototyping, product development, and production ramp
• Conduct threat modeling analysis for system designs and design effective mitigations. Derive corresponding security requirements, including compute silicon requirements and hardware/software interfaces
• Deliver engineering solutions for architectural problems during early product concept development, ensuring the translation of marketing requirements to technical product requirements
• Conduct detailed analysis and trade-off studies for complex systems
• Define, track, and optimize system-level performance and security KPIs
• Publish clear technical documentation for architectures and implementations
• Drive technical scoping and development of new technologies to deliver generation-defining user experiences for future products on the roadmap
• guide management and partner teams on long-term technology investments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on blank-slate, early-phase prototyping, and product exploration
• Travel up to 15% time domestically and internationally

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science/Engineering other related technical field
• 8+ years of industry experience in systems engineering, SoC (System on Chip) architecture, security engineering or a related role
• Experience creating system models to analyze compute, latency and communication interface bandwidths across multiple subsystems within a heterogeneous compute environment, in order to define a system architecture that meets overall product requirements
• Experience with influencing silicon vendor roadmaps and SoC feature sets with emphasis on using advanced IPs in domains such as Machine Learning, Graphics, Imaging and Audio
• In-depth knowledge of and experience applying security principles to system HW/SW design, including but not limited to: root of trust, TEE, secure boot mechanisms, encryption methods, secure communication protocols, access control and authentication mechanisms, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing
• Experience in rapid prototyping and creating proof-of-concept models to share ideas and improve architectural decisions
• Experience working with Product Development engineers, Product Managers and hardware/software cross-functional teams
• Experience working with partnerships teams and external partners at both a supply base and product level

• MS / PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering other related technical field
• 10+ years of industry experience in systems engineering, SoC architecture, security engineering or a related role
• Experience developing security solutions for applications such as device authentication and DRM, for distributed compute systems
• Platform security expertise - familiarity with Android, RTOS and IoT-based security attacks and countermeasures
• Experience in firmware development, programming, computer vision, OS, game development, and complex sensing systems
• Experience modeling system power and, using those models, inform trade-offs against key architectural decisions (e.g. battery life, thermals, silicon roadmaps, power load profiles)
• Understanding of memory subsystems including mass storage and filesystem as well as volatile memory and memory management and their impacts on overall system performance