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Meta is hiring: Audio Systems Engineer in Sunnyvale

Meta
Sunnyvale, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/20/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/6/2025

The Meta Reality Labs team brings together experts to develop and ship groundbreaking products at the intersection of hardware, software, and content. We operate on aspirational, fixed timelines to ship products at scale. Our products define new categories that advance Meta's mission to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. We seek an Audio Systems Engineer to join our Audio Experience Team. You will be defining, tuning, and evaluating audio capture systems and solutions, including microphone array architectures, electroacoustics, and signal processing, and applying your acquired skills in the productization of cutting edge smart glasses and AR / VR audio experiences.

Responsibilities

  • Analyze, define, tune, and debug real-time audio capture systems for forward-looking products and user experiences.
  • Identify and implement new technologies and techniques to improve microphone array performance and robustness.
  • Learn constantly, dive into new areas with unfamiliar technologies and define key performance indicators for novel user experience targets.
  • Define capture system architecture, algorithms, and tools with developers and coordinate their implementation.
  • Evaluate and benchmark performance of third party audio capture algorithms and stay up-to-date on industry trends and advancements in microphone array technology.
  • Maintain familiarity with various digital signal processing platforms and the trade-offs of embedded implementations.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovative solutions and champion best practices for microphone array architecture design across our consumer electronics products.

Minimum Qualifications

  • 4 years of experience defining, tuning, and testing efficient microphone-array processing and real-time audio capture algorithms.
  • 4 years of experience defining, prototyping, and demonstrating compelling audio experiences with end-to-end audio systems including acoustics, transducers, digital interfaces, audio ICs, and DSPs.
  • 4 years experience designing and deploying objective test methodologies for consumer electronics devices and audio algorithms or features such as voice communication, voice assistant, video capture.
  • 4 years experience with audio test systems such as SoundCheck, Audio Precision, or HEAD Acoustics ACQUA and knowledge of telecommunications standards.
  • Familiarity with typical DSP building blocks such as digital biquad filters, IIR, FIR, AGC, wide-band / multi-band DRC, and audio capture algorithms such as beamforming, echo cancellation, and noise suppression.
  • Experience of consistently working under your own initiative, communicating effectively, and driving audio workstreams in a cross functional environment, from product concept to mass production.
  • Working knowledge with a high-level programming language such as MATLAB, Python.
  • B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Acoustics, or equivalent experience.
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with psycho-acoustic metrics for speech quality and intelligibility.
  • Familiarity with human perception of spatial sound.
  • Experience with perceptual audio quality evaluation methods, designing and deploying subjective tests for audio systems.
  • Familiarity with audio rendering algorithms and loudspeaker technologies.
  • Experience in acoustics and consumer audio EE architecture.
  • Familiarity with audio algorithm development, machine learning techniques, and / or neural network implementation.
  • Familiarity with acoustics or multiphysics simulation software, e.g. COMSOL.
  • M.Sc. or Ph.D. in EE, Computer Science, Acoustics, or related disciplines.
  • For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information.

    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.

    139,000 / year to $200,000 / 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.

    Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action : 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, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

    Meta is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to accommodations-ext@meta.com.

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