Electrical Architect - Wearables & AR Hardware

Meta; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta Reality Labs is seeking a senior Electrical Engineer to shape the electrical architecture of next-generation AR/VR wearables, AI glasses, and related devices. You will drive power delivery, mixed-signal design, and system-level integration from concept to mass production.

You will lead cross-functional collaboration across silicon, mechanical, firmware, and systems teams, communicating complex decisions at the executive level while ensuring stringent power, thermal, and size constraints are

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in electrical engineering for consumer electronics, wearables, or similar portable hardware products.
• Experience defining electrical system architecture across power management, mixed-signal design, high-speed interfaces (USB, PCIe, MIPI, LPDDR), and RF coexistence in compact form-factor devices.
• Experience leading electrical design from concept through mass production, including schematic design, PCB layout review, bring-up, and DVT/PVT validation.
• Experience driving cross-functional technical alignment across silicon, mechanical, firmware, and systems engineering disciplines.
• Experience communicating complex electrical architecture decisions and trade-offs to technical and non-technical stakeholders at the executive level.
• Experience with electrical design for AI glasses, wearables, or other head-worn wearable devices with stringent power, thermal, and size constraints.
• Experience with electrical reliability engineering, failure mode analysis, and qualification methodologies for consumer wearable hardware.
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews).
• Experience with wireless subsystem integration including Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and UWB coexistence in wearable platforms.
• Experience influencing external silicon or component supplier roadmaps to meet differentiated product requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements).
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term electrical architecture strategy for next-generation AR/VR wearables, AI glasses, and wearables.
• Lead electrical design from concept through mass production, including schematic design, PCB layout review, bring-up, and DVT/PVT validation.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across silicon, mechanical, firmware, and systems teams; communicate decisions to executives.
• Collaborate on power delivery, mixed-signal design, and system-level electrical integration to optimize performance and form factor.
• Evaluate supplier roadmaps and influence components to meet product requirements.
• Integrate AI tooling to improve workflows, efficiency, and quality of hardware development.

Skills

Electrical system architecture

Power management

Mixed-signal design

High-speed interfaces

RF coexistence

Schematic design

PCB layout review

Bring-up & validation

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Wearable hardware

AI wearables

Reliability engineering

Failure mode analysis

Ethical AI practices

Wireless integration

Supplier roadmap influence

AI tools integration

Staying current with AI tech

Job description

Meta Reality Labs is seeking a senior Electrical Engineer to shape the electrical architecture of next-generation AR/VR wearables, AI glasses, and related devices. You will drive power delivery, mixed-signal design, and system-level integration from concept to mass production.

You will lead cross-functional collaboration across silicon, mechanical, firmware, and systems teams, communicating complex decisions at the executive level while ensuring stringent power, thermal, and size constraints are