Principal AI Systems Architect for AR/VR Imaging & SoCs

Meta; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 208,000 - 289,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta Reality Labs is seeking a principal-level AI Systems Engineer to define hardware architecture strategy for next-generation AI-accelerated computing systems powering VR/AR wearables. You will shape silicon and systems roadmaps for on-device AI inference and training workloads, focusing on imaging pipelines and camera subsystems to enable real-time perception and mixed reality.

You will drive architectural decisions across custom silicon, memory subsystems, ISPs, and software-hardware

Qualifications

• 12+ years of hardware systems architecture experience focused on AI, ML, imaging, or high-performance compute.
• Deep expertise in camera pipeline architecture, including ISP and sensor integration.
• Experience defining SoC or system-level architecture for AI inference or training workloads.
• Experience architecting imaging subsystems for real-time computer vision, including multi-camera systems and depth sensing.
• Experience with hardware-software co-design for on-device AI and imaging workloads.
• Track record of driving multi-year hardware architecture roadmaps for imaging and AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-generation hardware architecture strategy for AI inference and training across VR/AR and wearables.
• Lead system-level exploration across compute, memory, interconnect, and power delivery for on-device AI workloads.
• Architect end-to-end camera and imaging pipelines, including ISP integration and real-time image processing.
• Drive hardware-software co-design initiatives with silicon, firmware, camera systems, and ML platforms teams.
• Define architectural requirements for camera subsystems including multi-camera sync, depth sensing, and low-latency processing.
• Establish architectural requirements and targets for custom AI accelerators, ISPs, SoCs, and subsystems.
• Develop and maintain system performance models to evaluate architectural decisions.
• Provide architectural guidance across hardware organizations, aligning imaging/AI roadmaps with product priorities.
• Identify and resolve imaging latency, AI throughput, and energy-efficiency bottlenecks.
• Engage with external silicon partners and research institutions to evaluate imaging tech for long-range plans.
• Communicate architectural vision to executives and cross-functional teams.

Skills

AI hardware architecture

Camera pipeline design

System-level architecture

Hardware-software co-design

Performance modeling

Tools

ISP integration

ML compiler stacks

Simulation frameworks

SoC design

Job description

Meta Reality Labs is seeking a principal-level AI Systems Engineer to define hardware architecture strategy for next-generation AI-accelerated computing systems powering VR/AR wearables. You will shape silicon and systems roadmaps for on-device AI inference and training workloads, focusing on imaging pipelines and camera subsystems to enable real-time perception and mixed reality.

You will drive architectural decisions across custom silicon, memory subsystems, ISPs, and software-hardware