Software Engineer - Cameras & Sensors

The Reality Labs team at Meta enables people around the world to come together and connect through industry-leading Augmented and Virtual Reality hardware and software. With global departments dedicated to AR/VR research, computer vision, haptics, social interaction, and more, AR/VR is committed to driving the state of the art forward through relentless innovation. Our teams explore, develop, and deliver new new technologies that serve as the foundation of current and future AR/VR products. As a specialized Software Engineer at the Reality Labs, you will develop the software behind some of our flagship AR and VR products, the prototyping platforms that make these products possible, or foster our scientific explorations. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, threading together newly developed technologies to create intuitive experiences that enhance people’s experience of the world around them. This role will be in one of our many teams, where you could be doing any of the following: Optimization, frameworks and foundational Linux/AOSP work in support of AR and VR applications, building the system-oriented camera and sensor services along with the surrounding infrastructure and tools.

Software Engineer – Cameras & Sensors Responsibilities

• Contribute to how Meta Reality Labs develops its future capabilities and for teams to deliver high-quality experiences for current and future products
• Build tools, system architecture, prototypes, frameworks and infrastructure for any of the following: sensor control / data management, AOSP, sensor telemetry and performance profiling
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of partners, product managers and engineers in areas like computer vision, machine learning, graphics, hardware and firmware to understand requirements and enhance existing solutions
• Write clean readable code, debug complex problems that span systems

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience of providing technical direction to specialised teams, developing roadmaps for future capabilities and owning complex solutions
• Significant industry experience in developing any of the following…. Operating Systems, AOSP (Android Open Source Project), protocol design (specification and implementation) or delivering performant solutions for resource- / memory-constrained devices or system
• Significant industry experience using C++ for day to day software development
• Significant industry experience delivering performant solutions for resource-constrained devices

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in the field of Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a similar field
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• 2+ years of experience with any of the following: hardware sensor data access and control (e.g. cameras, IMUs), Android internals, frameworks services, HAL or Native libraries, Android SDK, Android NDK, Android JNI, Android IPC mechanisms, Linux OS development
• 1+ year of experience with performance Profiling/Tuning, Telemetry, System Event Tracing
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• 1+ year of experience with any of the following: system analysis, thermal and power optimization for embedded systems, with system resource optimization on mobile platforms (especially with memory)

About Meta
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps 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. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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