Wireless Systems Engineer

Meta•San Diego, CA

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 Master's degree (or foreign degree equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field and 36 months of experience in job offered or computer-related occupation
Requires 36 months of experience involving the following:
Wireless communications systems and standards, such as Cellular, Wi-Fi, BT, BLE, and UWB
Analyzing logs and troubleshooting issues from field, customers, and lab on technologies such as Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/Bluetooth Low Energy, 5G, and LTE, and System performance analysis, problem-solving, and debugging
IEEE 802.11 ax, 802.11 b/g/n, and 802.11 ac protocols
Working on Hotspot [SAP], WIFI Direct, NAN, Offloads, WFC/VoWIFI, TWT, A2DP, BT LE, and Competitive benchmarking
Programming in C, C#, and Python
Industry standard tools, including Crash Scope, QXDM, QPST, PCAT, Omnipeek, Wireshark, Visual Studio, GitHub, Anaconda, and iperf and
Equipment, including Keysight 5G UXM Call box, Access Points/Routers, IQEXL , Kratos, Network Analyzer, Attenuators, RF Shield box, and OTA Sniffers

Responsibilities

Analyze wireless subsystem requirements (including but not limited to RF, PHY, MAC, Protocol, and application-level performance) based on product requirements and use cases.
Design and specify the wireless system architecture, algorithm, protocol, and procedure fitting the future VR/AR use cases with stringent functional, quality, performance, footprint, and power requirements.
Set system performance KPIs for wireless subsystems and drive the wireless architecture (HW/SW) with other cross-functional teams achieving product performance optimization.
Interface and collaborate with wireless chip set vendors to ensure system requirements, such as RF/baseband performance, system control architecture, HW/SW interface architectures and longer-term technology roadmaps.
Research new technologies and analyze competition technologies, design new algorithms/protocols and specify solution options to solve complicated problems for future AR/VR products.
Analyze system performance issues and chipset/FW/SW defects and improve broad system level performance during product cycle.
IP development and closely monitor global standard progress.
Define and execute the strategy in standardization, and industry ecosystem development.
Conduct protocol performance analysis and wireless solutions evaluation for AR/VR products.
Define requirements, identify technical gaps, and create novel solutions for existing and future products.
Define and execute validation strategy focusing on protocol, performance, and power areas of the products.
Enable test equipment and automation framework for validation of test plans, generation of KPIs of interest and stability metrics.
Work on SOC Power modelling, current profiles, and WLAN/BT/Modem technology.
Define power goals, create and execute test plans, optimize platform power, SW regression check, and support customers with product commercialization.