Sensor Modeling Engineer

Meta Reality Labs is building products that make it easier for people to connect with the ones they love most. We are a team of experts developing and shipping products at the intersection of hardware, software, and content. Our team has the responsibility for taking breakthrough concepts and delivering them to market at scale. Meta Wearables team seeks an Engineer with system design skills and consumer electronics experience to develop and integrate solutions in future Meta products.

Sensor Modeling Engineer Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with cross functional teams and external partners to push the boundaries of technologies and deliver best-in-class hardware solutions
• Lead efforts to integrate new technologies into high volume consumer products through all stages of product development (from prototyping, design through mass production)
• Generate analytical models of subsystems and validate them through design of experiments and lab testing
• Perform static, dynamic, structural and thermal-mechanical analyses to guide design optimization before hardware prototyping
• Collaborate with vendor resources to leverage their engineers and maximize the focus of internal resources on adding value to and differentiating our product

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or practical equivalent work experience
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience or similar
• Expertise in advanced technologies, including consumer electronics products
• Experience leading technical teams, cross-functional groups and vendors

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics or practical equivalent work experience
• 8+ years of relevant industry experience with focus on sensor technologies
• Experience leading efforts to integrate new sensor modalities into high volume consumer products
• Experience in advanced FEA for capacitive touch, proximity sensing technologies, preferably in consumer electronics products as well as worked in structural and electrostatic analysis with non-linear FEA/FEM
• Proficient in Abaqus, ANSYS, COMSOL, or other FEA tools
• Proficient in human body modeling
• Experience defining sensor performance specifications for a product
• Experience performing bench level measurements coupled with analytical experience
• Experience with other sensing modalities such as optical, motion, acoustic/utrasonic and health sensing
• Experience with lab measurements and factory tests as needed to validate the model and run root-cause analyses
• Proficiency with data collection and analysis tools including JMP, Python, LabView, MATLAB and other scripting languages
• Experience communicating novel concepts to a broad audience succinctly and in simple terms

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.

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$170,000/year to $240,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual 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.

Client-provided location(s): San Mateo, CA

Job ID: a1KDp00000E2gFqMAJ_1001

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-10-31T20:05:27