Senior Audio Electrical Engineer - Wearable Audio Systems

Meta; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta's Reality Labs Hardware team seeks an Audio Electrical Engineer to architect and deliver audio electronics for next‑gen wearables, including AR/VR devices and smart glasses. You will own the audio subsystem design from concept to mass production, spanning microphones, speakers, amplifiers, and analog front‑ends, interfacing with DSPs, software, and system engineers.

The role emphasizes cross‑functional collaboration, debugging, and test development to meet stringent size, power, and

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Physics, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of experience focused around audio system design, influencing cross-functional teams and leadership for the improvement of audio.
• Proficient in designing and debugging Analog and Digital circuits.
• Experience in designing circuits for audio chain (including codecs, embedded DSPs, headphone amps, speaker amplifiers, MEMs microphones, and power supplies).
• Product development utilizing: SPICE simulation (filter design, frequency analysis, transient analysis), Audio Precision, Power Supplies, Oscilloscope, OrCAD or Cadence or similar schematic capture and PCB layout tool
• Experience with PCBA and product level failure modes (production and field)
• Experience designing low‑power audio electronics for wearable or hearable devices with tight size and power constraints

Responsibilities

• Debug all circuits for audio chain (including codecs, embedded DSPs, headphone amps, speaker amps and microphones).
• Understand electrical performance targets using data driven design goals and how they impact system performance.
• Primary cross functional interface with PD/ID/System EE/MTE/SWE.
• Define electrical performance targets using literature and data-driven design goals for end product.
• Debugging of full audio system (ie render, capture, power consumption, power delivery, tuning, algorithms).
• Product factory test design, specification, and implementation.
• Collaboration with internal/external specialized HW teams (System EE, Power/Battery).
• Collaboration with internal/external SW teams including Audio System Bring Up and Debug.
• Create product factory test specifications

Skills

Audio system design

Analog & digital circuit design

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven design goals

Low-power wearable design

PCB design tooling

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or Physics

MS in Electrical Engineering or Physics

Tools

SPICE simulation

Oscilloscope

OrCAD or Cadence

Audio Precision

PCB design tools

Job description

Meta's Reality Labs Hardware team seeks an Audio Electrical Engineer to architect and deliver audio electronics for next‑gen wearables, including AR/VR devices and smart glasses. You will own the audio subsystem design from concept to mass production, spanning microphones, speakers, amplifiers, and analog front‑ends, interfacing with DSPs, software, and system engineers.

The role emphasizes cross‑functional collaboration, debugging, and test development to meet stringent size, power, and