Product Design Engineer, Reality Labs

Oculus VR; New York (NY); On-site; USD 111,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Product Design Engineer where your mechanical engineering expertise will shape the future of VR and AR technologies. In this dynamic role, you will collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to develop innovative hardware systems, transforming concepts into mass-produced consumer electronics. Your skills in prototyping, CAD, and manufacturing processes will be pivotal in driving projects from inception to market. This is an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of technology, where your contributions will directly impact the way people connect and interact in the digital world.

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Comprehensive Benefits

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals and prototyping skills required.
• Experience with CAD and manufacturing processes is essential.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to mechanical solutions as part of a cross-functional team.
• Model, build, test, and refine prototypes and test systems.
• Collaborate with Asia-based Supply Chain and manage work.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering Fundamentals

Prototyping Skills

CAD Fluency

Manufacturing Process Knowledge

Design for Manufacturability (DFM)

Design for Assembly (DFA)

Statistical Tolerance Analysis

Testing and Analysis (FEA, Simulation)

High-Volume Manufacturing Techniques

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering

MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

NX CAD

Job description

At Reality Labs we aim to bring together the brightest cross-disciplinary minds in one place to deliver on our mission: build tools that help people feel connected, anytime, anywhere. As a Product Design Engineer, you will take a critical role in developing hardware systems for VR, AR, or New Technology Initiatives. You will become part of a team exploring developing concepts through prototyping and into mass-production consumer electronics. You will work as part of a cross functional team requiring collaboration and curiosity in domains other than mechanical engineering. Our ideal candidate has strong mechanical engineering fundamentals, prototyping skills, CAD fluency, manufacturing process knowledge, and experience designing consumer electronics.

Responsibilities

1. Contribute to mechanical solutions as part of a highly cross-functional team.
2. Model, build, test, and refine prototypes and characterization test systems.
3. Work across the full product development cycle, from concept inception to shipping product.
4. Collaborate and manage work with Asia-based Supply Chain.
5. Push state-of-the-art technologies and approaches to solving complex mechanical problems while working with cross functional technical teams.
6. Travel to external vendors up to 20%.

Minimum Qualifications

1. BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent industry experience.
2. Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, GD&T, and 3D/2D CAD.
3. Working knowledge in material properties, such as plastics, metal, adhesive, and glass.
4. Testing and analysis experience (FEA, Simulation, Design of Experiments, etc.).
5. Knowledge of high-volume manufacturing techniques (stamping, machining, 3D printing, injection molding, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

1. MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering.
2. 2+ years of product design and development experience of handheld and/or wearable high volume consumer electronics, including complex subsystems and/or full systems ownership.
3. Experience with NX CAD.
4. Experience with highly cosmetic products and working with Industrial Design.
5. Fluency in Mandarin and/or Cantonese.
6. Experience designing for human factors.
7. Experience designing and shipping products with Asia-based supply chain.

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Compensation: $111,000/year to $164,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits. Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

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