PhD Research Intern: Audio Wearables & Real-Time Signal Processing

Meta; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 82,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta Reality Labs Research Audio team seeks innovative PhD student interns for the Devices and Hardware Research area. The internship focuses on electrophysiological sensing, ultra-low-power wearable design, real-time signal processing on constrained hardware, and ML-based signal processing for biosignals.

Twelve to twenty-four weeks with multiple start dates throughout the year. Responsibilities include designing wearable sensing hardware, data collection with human participants, real-time

Qualifications

• 2+ years of independent research evidenced by publications and/or conference presentations.
• 2+ years experience with computer aided design, acoustic simulation tools or programming languages such as MATLAB or Python.
• Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
• Preferred: proven track record of grants, fellowships, patents, and first-authored publications at leading journals or conferences.

Responsibilities

• Design and prototype novel wearable form factors and sensing hardware—electrode/transducer placement, mechanical and electrical integration, and ultra-low-power or self-powered architectures—for on-body biosignal acquisition.
• Build and run wearable data capture setups: instrument prototypes, define and execute data collection protocols with human participants, and assess signal quality, repeatability, and artifact robustness across sessions and users.
• Design and implement novel algorithms to collect and process, in real time, data from different sensors.
• Deliver proof-of-concept demonstrations of the developed technologies to a team of researchers and other XFN partners.
• Work closely with researchers on innovative project proposals, timelines, and milestones.

Skills

Independent research

CAD

Python

MATLAB

Acoustic simulation

Education

PhD student

Tools

MATLAB

Python

CAD tools

Job description

Meta Reality Labs Research Audio team seeks innovative PhD student interns for the Devices and Hardware Research area. The internship focuses on electrophysiological sensing, ultra-low-power wearable design, real-time signal processing on constrained hardware, and ML-based signal processing for biosignals.

Twelve to twenty-four weeks with multiple start dates throughout the year. Responsibilities include designing wearable sensing hardware, data collection with human participants, real-time