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Technical Lead, Camera IQ Assessment and Design

Meta· Engineering
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Burlingame, CA$173k - $245kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Technical Lead to drive camera image quality assessment and optical system design for Meta's AI glasses, AR/VR headsets, and wearable devices. Focus on camera imaging pipelines, IQ evaluation, and perceptual quality at the intersection of AI, ISP, and hardware within wearable and immersive video contexts.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own the technical roadmap for camera image quality assessment methodologies across AI Glasses, VR, AR, and mixed reality wearable platforms
  • Influence the overall design and characterization of camera subsystems, including lens selection, sensor evaluation, and optical system integration for wearable devices
  • Create and improve tools, metrics, and workflows for the camera tuning process
  • Collaborate with HW, Algo, ISP, firmware, and perception engineering teams to translate IQ requirements into hardware and algorithm specifications
  • Drive camera system trade-off analyses across form factor, power, thermal, and image quality constraints unique to wearables and AR/VR devices
  • Establish test methodologies and lab infrastructure for objective and subjective image quality evaluation of camera modules in wearable form factors
  • Provide technical guidance to other engineers across camera hardware, ISP tuning, and perceptual quality domains
  • Partner with product and research teams to define camera quality targets aligned with user experience goals for immersive and passthrough video applications
  • Represent camera IQ requirements in cross-functional design reviews, influencing system architecture decisions at the organizational level
  • Identify and resolve systemic image quality issues across the camera pipeline, from photon capture through final rendered output in AR/VR contexts

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Image Processing, Color Science, or a related field
  • 8+ years of experience in camera image quality assessment, optical system design, or camera hardware engineering for consumer electronics or wearable devices
  • Experience defining and executing IQ evaluation frameworks using objective metrics such as MTF, SNR, dynamic range, color error, and distortion characterization
  • Experience with camera module integration, lens and sensor selection, and optical system trade-off analysis in constrained form factor environments
  • Experience setting technical direction across cross-functional teams spanning algorithms, image signal processing, and hardware engineering
  • Proven track record to enhance product development processes through technology and tooling improvements
  • Demonstrated experience working effectively with a broad range of colleagues and partners to drive impact

Skills

Required:Camera image quality assessmentOptical system designCross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Benefits information provided by Meta in the posting.
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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