Senior Embedded Wireless Engineer – Connectivity & Wearables

Meta; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 184,000 - 257,000; Full time

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Job summary

Meta is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop, and optimize firmware for AR/VR and wearable devices, including kernel components, drivers, and connectivity stacks. You will work on low-latency, high-bandwidth systems across hardware and software layers.

You will collaborate across hardware and software teams to deliver robust sensing, imaging, and AI-enabled features while focusing on power, security, and performance in constrained environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/CE or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years software development in industry or PhD with 4+ years experience.
• 3+ years embedded software development in industry.

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, etc.
• 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

Kernel development

Device drivers

C/C++

Embedded systems

Wireless technologies

Hardware bring up

Performance profiling

Cross-functional collaboration

Android connectivity

Education

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

Tools

Android

Linux

Git

Job description

Meta is seeking an Embedded Software Engineer to design, develop, and optimize firmware for AR/VR and wearable devices, including kernel components, drivers, and connectivity stacks. You will work on low-latency, high-bandwidth systems across hardware and software layers.

You will collaborate across hardware and software teams to deliver robust sensing, imaging, and AI-enabled features while focusing on power, security, and performance in constrained environments.