Senior Embedded Wireless & Connectivity Engineer

Meta; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 184,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Meta is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop, and optimize firmware for AR/VR wearable devices. You’ll work on kernel and driver layers, wireless stacks, and real-time performance improvements across low-level systems.

You will collaborate with hardware, software, and product teams to enable features in Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, and other connectivity protocols, while driving power and performance optimizations for cutting-edge hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years software development experience in industry settings or PhD with 4+ years of experience
• 3+ years embedded software development experience in industry settings
• Experience in large-scale C/C++ code base
• Experience defining and driving technical work streams and providing technical leadership for software engineering teams

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software components at all layers of the system, including kernel, synchronization primitives, resource allocators, memory management, security, I/O systems, persistence
• Develop drivers and services that operate efficiently in constrained environments and deliver large volumes of data with low-latency and high-bandwidth
• Lead hardware bring up, peripheral drivers and communication, silicon integration, and power and performance management and optimization efforts
• Debug complex, system-level, multi-component issues that span multiple layers from kernel to application
• Profile performance problems and drive optimizations across the entire software stack
• Integrate software components from multiple partner teams into a unified product code base and drive their continued development
• Analyze, design, develop, and debug firmware for various devices, including novel sensing and imaging systems, haptic devices, and audio prototypes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to solve issues and create new features in the connectivity space, including wireless software stacks (Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, Cellular, UWB, etc.)
• Enhance complex systems with wireless interfaces and provide support to QA, manufacturing, and other software teams

Skills

Embedded C/C++

Kernel & driver development

Wireless protocols

Hardware bring up

Firmware optimization

Telemetry & profiling

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/CE or equivalent

Tools

Android

Linux

Git

CI/CD

Job description

Meta is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop, and optimize firmware for AR/VR wearable devices. You’ll work on kernel and driver layers, wireless stacks, and real-time performance improvements across low-level systems.

You will collaborate with hardware, software, and product teams to enable features in Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, and other connectivity protocols, while driving power and performance optimizations for cutting-edge hardware.