Hardware Reliability Engineer — Wearables & VR

Meta; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Reliability Engineer to drive durability and long-term reliability for the company’s consumer hardware portfolio, including VR headsets, AR glasses, and wearables.

You will own reliability activities from product development through mass production, partnering with mechanical, electrical, and systems teams to identify failure modes and define reliability requirements that meet high standards of field performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical field or equivalent.
• 6+ years hardware reliability experience in consumer electronics.
• Experience designing accelerated life and environmental tests.
• Experience with FMEA, FTA, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience analyzing reliability data and field returns.
• Experience collaborating with mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing teams.
• Ability to drive decisions across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute reliability test plans for consumer hardware products (VR/AR/wearables).
• Conduct FMEA and FTA to identify and mitigate reliability risks.
• Analyze field return data and warranty metrics to drive corrective actions.
• Lead root cause investigations for reliability escapes across design and manufacturing.
• Define and track KPIs (MTBF, failure rate, field return rate) and report regularly.
• Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and systems engineering to improve durability.
• Partner with contract manufacturers to establish reliability requirements and validate actions.
• Develop reliability models and life prediction analyses for design decisions.
• Create reliability requirements docs, test specs, and design verification plans.
• Engage stakeholders to communicate reliability status and risks.
• Willingness to travel up to 20%.

Skills

FMEA

FTA

Reliability modeling

Weibull analysis

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field

Job description

Meta is seeking a Reliability Engineer to drive durability and long-term reliability for the company’s consumer hardware portfolio, including VR headsets, AR glasses, and wearables.

You will own reliability activities from product development through mass production, partnering with mechanical, electrical, and systems teams to identify failure modes and define reliability requirements that meet high standards of field performance.