ML-HW/SW Codesign Scientist for On-Device AI

Meta; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 217,000; Full time

Job summary

Reality Labs at Meta seeks a Research Scientist to invent and productize ML–HW co-design techniques for on‑device AI in VR/AR devices. You will work across algorithms, hardware architecture, and software to push performance and energy efficiency on custom accelerators.

Collaborate with researchers, publish results, contribute to patents, and present findings at leading conferences, with impact across Meta's AR/VR platforms and wearables.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or PhD in a relevant technical field
• Experience with AI algorithms, ML hardware acceleration, or AI hardware co-design is preferred
• Strong programming in C/C++ or Python and system-level thinking

Responsibilities

• Identify and solve multi‑discipline ML acceleration problems involving algorithms, network design, hardware architecture, multimodal AI and AR/VR use cases
• Work across hardware and software to solve co‑design problems with other researchers
• Codesign and invent ML accelerator and system architecture solutions and integrate algorithms and software
• Develop model compression and scalability techniques
• Optimize models on hardware accelerators for real-time latency and power targets
• Influence partners through data‑driven analysis and clear trade‑offs
• Define use cases and develop benchmarks to evaluate approaches
• Attend conferences, interpret papers, and stay updated with research advancements
• Contribute to patents and publications

Job description

Reality Labs at Meta seeks a Research Scientist to invent and productize ML–HW co-design techniques for on‑device AI in VR/AR devices. You will work across algorithms, hardware architecture, and software to push performance and energy efficiency on custom accelerators.

Collaborate with researchers, publish results, contribute to patents, and present findings at leading conferences, with impact across Meta's AR/VR platforms and wearables.