Job Description

Facebook Reality Labs brings together world-class experts to develop and ship groundbreaking products at the intersection of hardware, software, and content. We have a clear mandate to ship products at scale that are seemingly impossible but define new categories that advance Facebook's mission of connecting the world. Our Audio Team is seeking to hire a Firmware Engineer who has experience integrating and prototyping audio algorithm pipelines for productization of complex consumer electronic devices.

Audio Firmware Engineer Responsibilities

* Write custom APIs and help integrate custom designed modules in AP and DSP

* Develop and test audio capture/render system pipelines between AP/DSP, and across the entire Android stack

* Work closely with Software Engineering, Algorithm Development and QA teams to drive integration with software stack

* Drive software development processes, and help prototype and productize state-of-the-art audio processing algorithms and components for AR/VR and Portal devices

* Write custom changes in Audio HAL, Audio Framework, write audio drivers in kernel space, and utilize knowledge with Audio DSP/Codec processing to integrate custom modules

Minimum Qualifications

* BS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent experience

* Experience in developing and prototyping audio applications in consumer electronics products

* 10+ years of experience in portable/embedded/mobile platforms

* 10+ years experience with integrating and optimizing real-time audio pipelines

* 10+ years experience with porting and optimizing C/C++ code to a target platform

* 5+ years experience with Java

Preferred Qualifications

* Experience in Android Audio Framework, Android Audio HAL, ALSA based Linux Audio drivers, Android APIs in Java/native space

* Experience in fixed point and floating point audio algorithm optimizations into embedded DSPs and ARM cores

* Experience in acoustics and consumer audio EE architecture

* Knowledge of Python or MATLAB

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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.

Facebook is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or who are neurodivergent, and to candidates with sincerely held religious beliefs or requiring pregnancy related support. If you need support, please reach out to accommodations-ext@fb.com.

(Colorado only*) Minimum salary of $176,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
*Note: Disclosure as required by sb19-085(8-5-20)