Optical Engineer, Imaging Optics

Meta • Redmond, WA

68d

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Requires Doctorate in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related field and 4 years of experience in job offered or in a related occupation
• Requires 48 months of experience involving the following: Imaging optics for both photographic and computer vision applications
• Both sequential and non-sequential optical design software (e.g. Zemax, Code V, LightTools, FRED and/or ASAP)
• Image quality evaluation, imaging sensor operation and characterization, stray light modeling and analysis, camera module or lens testing and characterization, imaging and illumination optics design and manufacturing
• Theoretical analysis using MATLAB, Python or similar programs
• Statistical analysis using MATLAB

Responsibilities

• Drive design, development and implementation of imaging optics, and change the landscape of capabilities of AR/VR hardware.
• Work closely with external hardware industry partners to identify, define, develop, test, and deploy state-of-the-art optics for imaging systems.
• Work closely with internal camera and sensor, electrical engineering, and product design teams to develop imaging optics specifications, perform in-depth performance analysis and debug component and system level issues.
• Apply knowledge of optics, hardware, applications, and programming to conduct research into fundamental computer and information science to develop the next generation near to eye display and imaging 3-Dtechnologies, hardware, and systems.
• Employ their expertise in imaging, radiometry and photometry, unphysical and geometric optics to analyze optical problems with the goal of developing and designing solutions to hardware, middleware, and applications.
• Responsible for developing advanced optical components and systems including imaging and display systems using spatial light modulators, diffractive optics, optical materials, and thin-films optics.
• Responsible for modeling and prototyping of critical technologies to drive system performance and to validate achievable visual experience.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree