Embedded Software Engineer

Job Title

Embedded Software Engineer

Role Summary

Develop firmware and embedded software for all-day wearable AI research platforms within Reality Labs Research. Work across the stack from MCU peripheral bring-up to SoC-level integration to enable sensing, imaging, and on-device compute pipelines.

Collaborate with cross-disciplinary research and engineering teams to deliver prototypes from early requirements through board bring-up and system integration.

Experience Level

Senior — typically requires 7+ years of software development experience in embedded systems or firmware, or a PhD with 4+ years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and debug firmware and embedded software for sensing and imaging systems.
• Implement firmware on microcontrollers and SoCs; manage peripherals, power consumption, boot loaders, and RTOS scheduling.
• Drive firmware architecture and system bring-up across hardware development phases, from requirements to board bring-up.
• Build and maintain device drivers and integrate multi-processor/multi-subsystem designs (MCU + SoC).
• Use hardware debugging tools and perform register-level system debugging and diagnostics.
• Define and champion embedded development practices, track progress, and communicate technical decisions to stakeholders.
• Apply AI-assisted tools and workflows where they improve development speed, testing, or documentation quality.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience:

• 7+ years software development experience in embedded systems, firmware, or related fields (or PhD with 4+ years).
• 3+ years of embedded software development experience in industry settings.
• Proficient in C and C++ for embedded development.
• Experience building drivers for custom hardware and implementing serial protocols (synchronous/asynchronous).
• Hands-on experience with hardware debugging tools (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol decoders) and register-level debugging.
• Experience with real-time operating systems (e.g., Zephyr, FreeRTOS, or equivalent).
• Experience architecting embedded systems spanning multiple processors or subsystems (MCU and SoC integration).

Nice-to-have:

• Familiarity with wireless protocol stacks (BLE, Wi‑Fi, proprietary RF).
• AOSP native experience and SoC bring-up (Qualcomm, NXP, ARM Cortex families).
• Experience with camera/imaging subsystems (ISP, MIPI CSI/DSI).
• Experience integrating AI-assisted development tools and workflows.
• Experience working with international manufacturing partners and research/prototyping environments.

Education Requirements

B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. The posting also accepts a PhD with 4+ years of relevant experience; an M.S. is listed as preferred. (Equivalent experience language is present.)

About the Company

Company: Meta Platforms

Headquarters: Menlo Park, California, United States

American technology company that develops social networking products (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) and invests in virtual/augmented reality hardware and software through Reality Labs, focusing on connectivity, advertising, and immersive computing experiences.