Meta is seeking a Research Scientist with experience in product-focused signal processing and machine learning to help us create novel wearable sensors and algorithms to power the next generation of neuromotor interfaces and augmented reality systems. Work to reduce latency and friction between user intent and action through improved sensing and algorithms.

Research Scientist, Wearables AI Responsibilities:

• Collaborating with hardware and machine learning teams to define sensor performance requirements as well as characterize the dependencies between sensors and overall system performance
• Exploring and designing new sensing architectures and characterizing their impact on the downstream ML models and their requirements
• Building simulation tools and use them to explore sensor performance
• Developing methodologies and tools to simulate biophysical signals and their approximations
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• Ph.D. in machine learning, AI, computer science, electrical engineering, statistics, applied mathematics, data science, signal processing, optimization or related technical fields
• Record of publication demonstrating research excellence
• 6+ years of experience in signal processing, machine learning, or sensor development in an industry R&D setting
• Research-oriented software engineering skills (SciPy ecosystem/ML tools, MATLAB)
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in consumer hardware engineering
• Experience building user interaction systems and/or working in human-computer interaction
• Experience shipping consumer hardware products at large scale
• Demonstrated experience of statistical signal processing skills
• Statistically grounded design of test methods for evaluating sensor hardware performance in lab and factory (e.g. aggressor studies and simulations, hardware phantoms)
• Experience with human-in-loop sensor development (e.g. biosensors or novel input devices such as electrocardiography (EKG/ECG), photoplethysmography (PPG), capacitive sensing, electromyography, etc)
• Experience defining research/technical direction for a team and to support the work of a small group of researchers toward those goals
  
  

About Meta:

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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$184,000/year to $257,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.