Hardware Engineer

Hardware Engineer
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Redmond, WA
Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services 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. To apply, click “Apply to Job” online on this web page.
Hardware Engineer Responsibilities
  • Own electrical development of highly complex systems delivering and ensuring that electrical systems achieve product goals.
  • Lead electrical architectures definition or provide technical leadership to a larger development team.
  • Design schematics, direct board layout, lead cross-functional design reviews and draft design documentations.
  • Conduct feasibility studies and analysis to evaluate new technologies and components.
  • Propose innovative solutions to enhance product performance and features.
  • Manage bring up and debug, support manufacturing and assembly build.
  • Collaborate in a team environment and work across engineering disciplines to develop systems and manage trade-offs across electronics, mechanics, optics, sensors, haptics, firmware, and software.
  • Work in distributed team environment.
  • Contribute to building and sustaining internal Meta community through recruitment, mentorship, allyship, and a commitment to Meta’s diversity equity and inclusion goals.
  • Inform prioritization of work across teams and disciplines and actively participate in resolving technical conflicts.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, or in a related field and 5 years of experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.
  • Requires 5 years of experience involving the following:
  • 1. Electrical design and engineering fundamentals
  • 2. Schematic and board design using Cadence OrCAD, Altium or equivalent
  • 3. Use of oscilloscopes, high speed digital test equipment, logic analyzers, or function generators
  • 4. Experience working with 2 or more of the following: digital signal processing, real-time image processing, display engineering, camera modules, mobile SoC and PMIC, or Battery Management System
  • 5. Leading technical teams, cross-functional groups and vendors against project plans
  • 6. Systems architecture of electronic products
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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.
Meta is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to accommodations-ext@fb.com.
$236,139/year to $276,870/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.
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