Research Engineer, Machine Perception (Project Aria)
Meta, Redmond, Washington
About the job
Meta Reality Labs Research (RL Research) brings together a multidisciplinary, cross-discipline R&D team with the shared goal of developing the next generation of AR and VR technologies. The Project Aria team works on complex, open problems in machine perception — building the complete stack from sensor design through state estimation, tracking, calibration, and 3D reconstruction to novel scene representations. We are seeking a Research Engineer to develop and advance the algorithms and software systems that turn cutting-edge perception research into robust, deployable technology on future AR/VR devices.
Responsibilities
Plan and execute innovative engineering development to advance the state-of-the-art in machine perception for AR/VR — including vision-language models (VLMs), multimodal and egocentric scene understanding, and foundation models Develop and prototype tightly integrated hardware/software technologies, from research prototype to on-device deployment Analyze and improve the efficiency, accuracy, scalability, and stability of currently deployed systems Design, implement, and evaluate algorithms against real sensor data and experimental hardware Build tooling and infrastructure (data pipelines, replay/evaluation systems, benchmarks) that accelerate the research team Collaborate with researchers and engineers across disciplines throughout the project lifecycle, and clearly communicate agenda, progress, and results