Lead Electrical Engineer, Smartglasses

Meta

$130K — $180K *
Consumer Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years in electrical design with system architecture and integration
  • Proven technical leadership in an electrical engineering domain
  • Experience in product delivery from concept to large-scale deployment
  • Leadership experience with cross-functional teams and mentoring
  • Proficiency with design and simulation tools like Cadence or MATLAB

Responsibilities

  • Lead development of complex electrical systems or subsystems
  • Define electrical architecture and strategy for major projects
  • Conduct cross-functional design reviews to resolve technical conflicts
  • Identify and implement new technologies to enhance system performance
  • Oversee hardware debugging and support for large-scale deployment
  • Evaluate vendor solutions to align with Meta's goals
  • Mentor engineers and manage multiple project priorities

Benefits

  • Collaborative environment with a focus on technical quality and rapid iteration
  • Opportunities for career growth and mentoring
  • Diverse projects spanning consumer hardware to large-scale infrastructure
  • Participation in innovative and impactful product development
  • Global collaboration across distributed teams
Full Job Description
As a Hardware Electrical Engineer at Meta, you will design, develop, and integrate electrical systems for a wide range of applications, from next-generation consumer hardware to large-scale infrastructure. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams-including mechanical, optical, firmware, software, and manufacturing experts-to deliver impactful solutions. Your work may span the full product or system lifecycle, from early prototyping and feasibility studies to large-scale deployment. You will be part of an environment that values technical quality, rapid iteration, and creative problem-solving.

Responsibilities

Lead the electrical development of highly complex systems or multiple subsystems, driving technical direction and architecture
• Define and drive electrical architecture, system integration, and technical strategy for major projects
• Lead cross-functional design reviews, resolve technical conflicts, and ensure alignment across engineering disciplines
• Drive innovation by identifying and implementing new technologies, processes, or methodologies to improve system/product performance, reliability, and features
• Oversee hardware bring-up, debugging, and support for manufacturing, assembly, deployment, or operational readiness at scale
• Evaluate and influence vendor and partner solutions, ensuring alignment with Meta's requirements and long-term strategy
• Mentor and coach engineers at all levels
• Operate autonomously, set direction for teams, and manage priorities across multiple projects or workstreams
• Collaborate globally across distributed teams, influencing cross-organization initiatives and technical strategy
• Champion operational clarity, compliance, and specialized requirements, driving continuous improvement and best practices

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, and/or equivalent industry experience
• 8+ years of experience in electrical design, including system-level architecture and integration
• Demonstrated technical leadership in at least one electrical engineering domain (e.g., power, display, sensors, infrastructure, high-speed interfaces, analog/mixed-signal)
• Documented experience delivering products or systems from concept through prototyping, validation, and mass production or large-scale deployment
• Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams and mentoring engineers
• Proficiency with industry-standard design, simulation, and analysis tools (e.g., Cadence, Altium, SPICE, MATLAB, or similar)
• Experience communicating technical decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders (e.g., design reviews, technical specifications, project updates)

Preferred Qualifications
• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• 12+ years of industry experience in electrical design
• Previous technical lead (TL) experience - leading a product team or driving architecture/technology exploration end-to-end
• Experience with flex circuit design, complex MLB designs (SIP), or board-level design beyond system EE
• Background in consumer electronics product development, ideally wearables or compact form-factor devices
• Experience with high-speed signaling over MIPI C-PHY/D-PHY, PCIe, USB SS, and UFS
• Experience in one or more adjacent EE domains: Display, Camera/Vision systems, Power/PMIC, Analog/Mixed-Signal, or Silicon IC FAE (e.g., TI, Renesas, Maxim, Qualcomm)
• Experience with IMUs/sensor physical sensor systems with an understanding of calibration methods
• Experience with audio technologies
• Experience programming in languages like Python or C/C++
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

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