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Location

Redmond, WA | United States

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Job description

System HW TPM JD

Optics & Display Research RL-R

Redmond, WA 

Reality Labs Research at Meta focuses on delivering Meta's vision through virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences that ship in five to ten years. Come work alongside world leading scientists and engineers to create the technology that makes VR and AR pervasive and univ

 

ersal. Join the adventure of a lifetime as we make science fiction real and change the world.

We are currently seeking a TPM on the Optics and Display Research team who will work with a world-class group of researchers and engineers. This is a full-time position and requires a degree in optics/display, optical/electrical engineering, systems HW engineering, physics, or similar. Successful candidates must be familiar with imaging system hardware and software and relatively versed in VR or AR display technology trends. We’re also looking for a candidate who is resilient in pursuing solutions to hard and complex problems.

You will establish requirements with internal and external customers, manage program schedules, identify risks and associated mitigation plans, and clearly communicate to program stakeholders. We look for technical program managers who have a strong technical foundation and are natural motivators, cross-functional relationship builders, and champions for driving the right level of process to ensure smooth and predictable program execution in a fast-paced innovative environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES
Work with research, engineering, and business teams to define roadmaps, program milestones and deliverables.
Develop and maintain an overall program schedule based on feedback from multiple work streams such as requirements, technical challenges, available resources, and business needs.
Identify resources needed and work closely with the team leads to maintain full visibility of multiple projects, ensuring resource gaps are addressed efficiently.
Proactively identify technical, legal, procedural, logistical, and communication issues and drive creative solutions to fix them and manage both technical and programmatic risks.
Work cross-functionally to develop best practices and research development processes in a quickly-changing and dynamic environment.
Engage with cross-functional and external teams to identify constraints, dependencies, and risks/issues.
Coordinate communication between internal and external teams and partners.
Report program status, issues, challenges and help needed with all stakeholders.
Building teams, development processes, best practices, and supporting tools to support a growing organization.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
BS in Display, Systems Engineering, Imaging Science, Electronics, Optics, or Physics and 5+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager.
Experience with driving programs in a research environment.
Project management, leadership, dependency management and cross-group technical collaboration experience.
Experience managing external technical engagements.
Knowledge of display and/or optics development including manufacturing processes.
Organizational experience, including managing cross-team budgets and headcount.
Systems architecture application experience in technical domains.
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Graduate degree in an engineering or scientific field related to display/optics/imaging systems.
Experience in project management on optics and display development especially in the consumer market.
Multi-team/geographically dispersed team management experience.
Track record of transitioning research or emerging technologies into consumer products.
Experience working with a cross-disciplinary team of researchers, software engineers and hardware engineers.

Meta's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Meta are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities — we're just getting started.

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