Job Description

The Facebook Reality Labs Display & Optics team focuses on moving state-of-art display and optical technologies forward for Facebooks AR/VR products. The team is responsible for developing and maturing technologies for component design, novel manufacturing processes, metrology, and system integration. The Optical Product Development team is looking for a creative Optical Systems Engineer to develop and lead new optical module development for Facebook products. You will work cross-functionally with electrical, mechanical, display, sensor, and other optics teams to ensure the performance and realization of optical products.

Optical Systems Engineer Responsibilities

* Change the landscape of capabilities of AR and VR.

* Identify new concepts and system architectures to develop innovative processes that improve optical performance and system cost.

* Work closely across the optics, display, mechanical, and other cross-functional engineering teams to define, develop, realize, and simulate a variety of optical systems.

* Work closely with the quality, test engineering, and technical operations teams to transition architected systems into mass production.

* Distill product-level requirements to optical system design and requirements.

* Perform requirement flow-down and budgeting to various subsystems.

* Create and maintain engineering specifications.

* Specify key performance indicators, test methods, and test requirements for components and systems.

* Work closely with domestic and international vendors.

* Up to 25% domestic and international travel.

Minimum Qualifications

* Bachelors degree in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience.

* 3+ years of industry experience working on optical systems.

* Demonstrated history of optical system engineering and cross-functional product development.

* Experience working with uncertainty and directing cross-functional teams to manage the risk portfolio at different stages of product development.

* Experience in at least one of the following optical software design packages: Zemax, CODE V, LightTools, FRED, or ASAP.

* Experience in tolerancing sequential or non-sequential optical systems.

* Experience in at least one of the following: Image quality evaluation, Stray light molding and analysis, Camera module or lens testing and characterization, Imaging optics design and manufacturing, Illumination optics design and manufacturing, Display/backlight design and development, Polarization, Visual Optics, or Optical testing and metrology.

* Experience communicating and collaborating in a cross-functional team environment.

* Experience using both logical and creative thinking to solve problems.

Preferred Qualifications

* Advanced degree in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline.

* 5+ years of industry experience.

* Experience in both sequential and non-sequential optics.

* Experience in tolerancing both sequential and non-sequential optical systems.

* Experience in statistical analysis using JMP, MATLAB, or similar programs.

* Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment.

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About the Facebook company

Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities we're just getting started.

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