Principal AI Hardware Architect - Imaging & On-Device AI

Meta; Dover; On-site; GBP 156,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta Reality Labs is seeking a principal-level AI Systems Engineer to define the hardware architecture strategy for on-device AI inference and training across VR, AR, and wearables. You will shape the silicon and systems roadmap for immersive AI workloads, balance camera subsystem requirements, and drive co-design across teams to sustain world-leading performance in imaging and perception.

You will partner with silicon, firmware, camera, and ML platform groups to set aggressive targets, evaluate

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in hardware systems architecture with a focus on AI, ML, imaging, or high-performance compute.
• Deep expertise in camera pipeline architecture, including ISP and sensor integration.
• Experience defining SoC or system-level architecture for AI inference or training workloads.
• Experience architecting imaging subsystems for real-time computer vision and multi-camera systems.
• Experience with hardware-software co-design methodologies for on-device AI and imaging workloads.
• Experience developing system performance models and evaluating architectural trade-offs at scale.
• Track record of driving multi-year hardware architecture roadmaps for imaging and AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-generation hardware architecture strategy for AI inference/training across VR/AR/wearables.
• Lead architectural exploration and trade-off analysis for on-device AI workloads.
• Architect end-to-end camera and imaging pipelines with ISP integration and real-time processing.
• Drive HW-SW co-design initiatives with silicon, firmware, camera, and ML teams to optimize performance.
• Set architectural requirements for camera subsystems including multi-camera synchronization and depth sensing.

Skills

AI/ML hardware systems

Camera pipeline architecture

SoC/system-level architecture

Hardware-software co-design

Real-time imaging

Imaging system performance

Executive communication

Job description

Meta Reality Labs is seeking a principal-level AI Systems Engineer to define the hardware architecture strategy for on-device AI inference and training across VR, AR, and wearables. You will shape the silicon and systems roadmap for immersive AI workloads, balance camera subsystem requirements, and drive co-design across teams to sustain world-leading performance in imaging and perception.

You will partner with silicon, firmware, camera, and ML platform groups to set aggressive targets, evaluate