System-on-chip (SoC) Systems Architect at Meta in Burlingame, California

Job Description:

At Meta's Reality Labs Research, our goal is to make world-class consumer virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. Come work alongside industry-leading scientists and engineers to create the technology that makes VR and AR pervasive and universal. Join the adventure of a lifetime as we make science fiction real and change the world. The Sensors and Systems Research (SSR) group is currently searching for a full-time SoC Systems Architect to pioneer, develop, and prototype innovative intelligent sensing systems and prototypes. This role requires a proven track record in advancing state-of-the-art efficient SoC architecture, strong systems skills, prior experience driving architecture convergence on complex consumer electronics products, and skills in software/hardware co-design for distributed ML, generative AI workload. This role presents a unique opportunity to drive innovation at the forefront of the AR/VR technology revolution while collaborating with a diverse group of cross-disciplinary experts to create state-of-the-art, human-oriented sensing and computing solutions.

System-on-chip (SoC) Systems Architect Responsibilities:

• Own new sensor system prototype definition, power optimization modeling, and use case data flow and latency analysis.


• Define system power and latency requirements for subsystem teams and drive cross-functional workstream prioritization.


• Work with product management, engineering teams, research scientists across HW, SW, and FW and connect the E2E technical stack and determine prototype feature sets.


• Define hardware/software architecture for state-of-the-art Always-On AI wearable research systems based on SSR sensor technologies.


• Collaborate with experts in different fields to make architectural tradeoffs.


• Communicate technology and system strategy effectively to both internal and external stakeholders.


• Help define long-term technology roadmap and possible product interception.


• Foster collaboration with a diverse teams and research pillars including Optics, Silicon Technology, Sensors, System Architecture, Security, and ML domain experts, actively engaging and collaborating.


• Plan and execute cutting-edge research and prototyping with AR/VR systems.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.


• 10+ years of SoC architecture experience in electrical, computer engineering, or a related field.


• Experience with system architecture across electrical, firmware, software, audio, silicon, and thermal engineering.


• Experience in SoC architecture, including heterogeneous compute, NoC/interconnect, multi-die configurations, cache hierarchies, shared memory, coherency, generative AI workloads, security, as well as code generators, Linux drivers, and web service standards.


• Experience in Communication experience working with Product Managers and other hardware/software cross-functional teams.


• Experience modeling system power and using those models, inform trade-offs against key architectural decisions (e.g. sensor features, battery life, thermals, silicon roadmaps, power load profiles).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of memory subsystems including volatile memory and memory management and their impacts on overall system performance.


• Experience with AR/VR or systems aimed at capturing/processing/delivering audio, visual, IMU or other positional data streams.


• Experience creating system models to analyze system compute, latency, and communication interface bandwidths.


• Working knowledge or experience in imaging and audio interfaces, optical, sensors, modules, ISP and algorithm fundamentals, computer vision and machine learning.

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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$212,000/year to $291,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits


Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta. Apply Now