Robotics Supplier Development Engineer — Scale Production

Meta Careers; Redmond, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer for its Robotics team in Redmond, WA. You will bridge product design and high-volume manufacturing, owning processes and quality at supplier sites to scale robotics hardware from prototype to mass production.

You will collaborate with Hardware, Industrial Design, Process, Sourcing, and FATP Operations to drive process improvements, tooling, and supplier capability development, ensuring design intent is preserved in production.

Responsibilities

• Manufacturing Process Development: Develop optimized, scalable manufacturing processes for robotics components and modules — from component-level DFM through process bring-up and line qualification at supplier sites
• Quality Engineering: Define quality characterization, inspection methodologies (FAI/CPK, MSA, OQC/IPQC/IQC), and qualification standards; oversee module qualification processes and OK2X execution
• Tooling & Fixture Development: Develop end-to-end process strategies and fixture/process bring-up solutions that provide a clear path to mass production
• Supplier Technical Management: Assess supplier capabilities, equipment readiness, and scalability; contribute to SPOR scorecards and drive vendor capability development
• Design for Manufacturability (DFM): Provide early DFM feedback to Product Design and Industrial Design teams, identify manufacturing process risks before architecture lock, and ensure design intent is preserved through production

Job description

Meta is seeking a Supplier Development Engineer for its Robotics team in Redmond, WA. You will bridge product design and high-volume manufacturing, owning processes and quality at supplier sites to scale robotics hardware from prototype to mass production.

You will collaborate with Hardware, Industrial Design, Process, Sourcing, and FATP Operations to drive process improvements, tooling, and supplier capability development, ensuring design intent is preserved in production.