Meta
Camera System Engineer
$144K–$204K
Sunnyvale, CA · Full-time · Posted Aug 24, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of industry experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's in Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
About the job
Owns the design, integration, qualification, and manufacturing ramp of advanced sensing and illuminator modules for Meta’s next-generation AR/VR and wearable products.
What you'll do
- Lead module development from solution exploration and vendor evaluation through design, qualification, NPI, and mass-production ramp.
- Define system, module, and component requirements; coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors; and lead testing, failure analysis, and quality improvements.
- Support manufacturing bring-up and troubleshooting, document technical decisions and results, and report progress to stakeholders.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of industry experience in optical sensing modules for consumer electronics or similar high-volume products.
- Experience as a camera-module technical owner or equivalent end-to-end module owner; experience taking an NTI project into NPI.
- Working experience with packaging, assembly, and test methods at consumer or mass-production scale; experience with CMOS image sensors, thermal sensors, and LED or VCSEL illuminators.
- Experience with DFMEA and PFMEA, optical module testing, offshore manufacturing vendors, and translating product features into system/module/component requirements.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with reliability testing, common module failure modes, and multimodal sensing stacks (dToF/iToF + RGB + thermal).
- Experience implementing responsible AI practices, integrating AI tools to improve workflows, and developing AI skills such as prompt/context engineering or agent orchestration.
Pay
$144,000/year to $204,000/year (base salary)
Tools
CMOS image sensors, thermal sensors, LED, VCSEL, DFMEA, PFMEA, dToF/iToF, RGB
AI focus
Apply responsible, ethical AI practices and integrate AI tools to improve workflows; ongoing AI skill development is also requested.
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