Optical Scientist - DSR

Meta; Redmond (WA); 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

# Optical Scientist - DSRRedmond, WA Engineering+ 2 moreApply nowAt Meta Reality Labs, we build world-class consumer virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. You'll work alongside leading scientists and engineers on the technology that will make AR and VR pervasive — turning science fiction into products people use every day.The Advanced Photonics group within Display Systems Research (DSR) is hiring an Optical Scientist to push nano-photonics research toward wearable AR systems that enable advanced perceptual capabilities. In this role you will conceptualize, design, build, and validate immersive display, sensing, and optical-compute components and architectures. We're looking for someone with a first-principles understanding of nano-photonic devices — metastructures, optical computation, and visible/IR photonic integrated circuits — who is equally comfortable developing the simulation, optimization, and validation methods those devices demand, in a highly cross-functional and fast-moving environment.---## Optical Scientist - DSR Responsibilities* Design and model component technologies and system architectures for near-eye display combiners, novel sensors, and optical compute* Advance our design methodologies and workflows, including strategic planning of new algorithms and expansion of simulation and optimization capabilities for future technologies and products* Partner with scientists and engineers across computation, optics, chemistry, materials science, process development, and integration to identify gaps and opportunities, and to build the design, modeling, and optimization tools that overcome current limitations## Minimum Qualifications* PhD degree or equivalent experience in the field of Optical Sciences, Physics, Electrical Engineering or a related field