AR Nanophotonics Optical Scientist

Meta Careers; Redmond, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta Reality Labs is seeking an Optical Scientist in Redmond, WA to push nano-photonics research toward wearable AR systems. You will design, model, build, and validate immersive display, sensing, and optical-compute components and architectures.

The role requires a PhD or equivalent in Optical Sciences, Physics, or Electrical Engineering, with hands-on experience in metastructures, optical computation, and photonic integrated circuits.

Qualifications

• PhD degree or equivalent experience in Optical Sciences, Physics, Electrical Engineering or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Design and model component technologies and system architectures for near-eye display combiners, novel sensors, and optical compute.
• Advance design methodologies and workflows, including planning of new algorithms and expansion of simulation and optimization capabilities.
• Collaborate with scientists and engineers across computation, optics, chemistry, materials science, process development and integration to build tools to overcome current limitations.

Skills

Optical design

Photonics

Simulation

Optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

PhD in Optical Sciences, Physics or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Metastructures

Optical computation

Job description

Meta Reality Labs is seeking an Optical Scientist in Redmond, WA to push nano-photonics research toward wearable AR systems. You will design, model, build, and validate immersive display, sensing, and optical-compute components and architectures.

The role requires a PhD or equivalent in Optical Sciences, Physics, or Electrical Engineering, with hands-on experience in metastructures, optical computation, and photonic integrated circuits.