Industrial Design Architect (ME/PDE)

Meta Reality Labs is shaping the future of technology and our Industrial Design team is helping bring the next generation of hardware to life. As an Industrial Design Architect, you will use your hands-on Mechanical Engineering skills to create delightful, holistically considered products. A demonstrated mechanical aptitude and in-depth understanding of industrial design will enable you to take things from “outlandish idea” to “plan of record”.

Industrial Design Architect (ME/PDE) Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with the Industrial Design team to develop technical solutions ranging from high-level experience prototypes to detailed, functional designs
• Drive rapid concept exploration, iterative prototyping, and mechanical implementation of inventive design features and mechanisms
• Push the state of the art of physical technology integration, component optimization, and manufacturing processes
• Create and refine effective ways to address complex ergonomic challenges
• Partner closely with Product Design Engineering and other internal teams to enable design intent and rapidly move projects forward
• Leverage external partners as needed to implement novel component designs and manufacturing solutions
• Travel internationally to support manufacturing builds
  
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent industry experience
• 5 years of experience developing high-volume consumer electronics or wearable tech products
• Expertise in creating high-fidelity mockups, mechanisms, and rapid prototypes
• Experience designing plastic and metal parts for high volume manufacturing processes
• Expertise in 3D CAD modeling at the detail and assembly level in NX, Creo, or Solidworks, including complex surfacing
• Experience working collaboratively with ID, ME, EE, and PM teams
• Proven communication, visualization, and problem solving skills
• Excelling in highly ambiguous situations
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7 years of product design and development experience of handheld and/or wearable electronics for high volume manufacturing, including full systems ownership
• Experience with highly cosmetic products and working closely with Industrial Design
• Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, geometric tolerancing
• Experience leading technical projects and directing development activities
• Experience defining product-level mechanical architectures
• 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
  
  

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.

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

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$144,000/year to $204,000/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.