Research Engineer - Camera System Prototyping

Meta Platforms, Inc.•Redmond, WA

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About The Position

Reality Labs Research (RL-R) brings together a highly interdisciplinary team of researchers and engineers to create the future of augmented/virtual reality and wearable personal AI devices. The Sensors and Systems Research (SSR) team's goal is to create ultra low power and lightweight photon-to-inference pipelines that enable all-day, always-on contextual AI. The team cultivates an open environment where individuals thrive. We encourage a sense of ownership and embrace the ambiguity that comes with working on the frontiers of research. The SSR team is looking for a Research Engineer who has a proven track record of building camera prototypes and has experience across hardware/software. You'll closely partner with research scientists to validate the developed imaging technology in camera prototypes and demonstrate new user experiences we aim to enable. You'll also act as the bridge between research and product teams to ensure the novel imaging technology we develop can be smoothly integrated into the camera subsystems of Meta's future wearable AR/VR/AI products.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
Master's degree in the field of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field
3+ years of experience with camera PCB design and layout
5+ years of experience with developing camera drivers on PC, FPGA or other types of image data aggregation chips
5+ years of experience with programming languages such as Python or C++
5+ years of experience with image processing
Familiar with camera optics, understands the relationship and trade-offs among various camera specifications such as pixel size, image area, field of view, angular resolution, MTF etc
Familiar with common image sensor interfaces such as I2C/I3C, MIPI C/D-PHY, LVDS
Experience with defining mechanical design requirements for cameras

Nice To Haves

Proficient in developing FPGA programs
Experience with algorithm development for vision based machine learning applications
Experience with camera system design in cellphones or wearable devices
Experience with image sensor design
A PhD degree in the field of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field

Responsibilities

Develop camera prototypes to demonstrate the latest imaging technology developed by the team
Propose camera architectures and derive specifications based on the imaging technology and the target application
Design camera PCBs
Develop camera drivers on PC, FPGA or other types of image data aggregation chips
Develop necessary software stack to integrate the camera prototype into existing algorithm pipeline for use case demonstration
Leverage off-the-shelf optical/electrical/mechanical components to shorten development time when needed
Identify quick workarounds to mitigate hardware/software bugs

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