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Photonics Engineer

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United States , Pittsburgh

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208403.00 - 240240.00 USD / Year
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Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services 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.

Job Responsibility:

  • Develop highly scalable technology based on state-of-the-art research in computer science, such as computer vision, computer graphics, and machine learning
  • Work on design, optimization and benchmark of cutting-edge technology related to building photorealistic avatars with neural rendering
  • Collaborate with Research Scientists and Engineers to scale and mature first-of-their-kind telepresence system via deep learning frameworks (eg. PyTorch) and to integrate with Meta’s platform to a highly scalable telepresence service
  • Work with people from both machine and human perception teams to run experiments of research ideas into testing stage and evaluate the performance of the latest algorithms that advance the state-of-the-art in AR/VR systems

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  • Requires a Master's degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Vision, Computer Science, Engineering, Robotics, Applied Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field
  • Requires completion of one graduate-level course, one research project, or one internship involving the following skills: C, C++, C#, or Java
  • Python, PHP, or Haskell
  • Computer Vision or Computer Graphics
  • Machine learning
  • 3D reconstruction or calibration and
  • PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar Deep Learning frameworks
What we offer:
  • bonus
  • equity
  • benefits

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Job Posted:
January 25, 2026

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