Manage team allocation, schedules, milestones, and delivery Influence leaders and key partners to gain alignment, build virtual teams, and accomplish cross-team goals Drive improvements through measurement, feedback loops, and continuous iteration Balance priorities across Codec Avatars, Input, and Health programs with competing timelines and resource needsBS or higher in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering (or equivalent experience) 12+ years experience as a hardware engineer working across one or more of: electrical, mechanical, embedded software, systems engineering, or similar domain 5+ years in leadership and people management in medium to large scale organizations Direct experience shipping consumer hardware or working in technology R&D organizations Demonstrated expertise with complex data capture systems, including multi-camera rigs, lighting, hardware synchronization, and high-bandwidth data pipelines Experience with hardware that integrates cameras, sensors, and compute into constrained or wearable form factors Experience owning multi-site technical operations or site engineering (labs, data collection, manufacturing, or similar) Demonstrated domain knowledge in compute and systems development with a proven track record building advanced technology Experience leading design development from schematic capture, PCB layout through assembly Experience establishing requirements and specifications in environments where full system requirements are undefined at project start Deep expertise in camera systems, structured/controlled lighting, time synchronization (PTP/genlock), and high-speed data ingest/storage architectures Experience with AR/VR headsets, smart glasses, or other head-mounted hardware Experience designing hardware for repeated handling, transport, and field deployment by non-engineering operators Experience managing distributed teams and vendor partnerships across multiple geographies Background in health/medical devices, input devices, or biometric sensing systems Experience working with CM and EMS partners in design, manufacture, testing, and delivery of hardware solutions Experience developing data collection strategy across multiple programs and collection modalities Experience with digital circuit design and communications protocols (I2C, UART, SPI, USB, MIPI, I2S) Experience with high-bandwidth data transport (10G/25G/100G Ethernet, PCIe, NVMe, high-speed serial interfaces) Experience with head-worn, wearable, or body-worn devices, including fit, adjustment mechanisms, and anthropometric sizing Experience with 3D design modeling (NX or SolidWorks) and physical prototyping Experience with embedded computing and wearable devices Experience with motion capture, photogrammetry, or biometric sensing systems Experience with privacy, data compliance, and participant safety requirements in human subject study environments Experience with instrumented prototypes or research hardware built for data capture rather than production releaseMeta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. Lead and develop the hardware, electrical, and embedded software engineering craft for data capture systems across multiple RL programs Own the design and evolution of studio capture systems, including multi-camera arrays, structured lighting, hardware synchronization, high-bandwidth data pipelines, and on-site storage infrastructure Own the design and evolution of wearable capture prototypes, including data collection headsets, sensor-integrated form factor mockups, and body-worn devices, covering sensor integration, alignment repeatability, fit, comfort, thermal, and participant safety Own the design and evolution of in-the-wild collection systems that operate outside controlled lab environments, built for transport, field assembly, and use by non-engineering operators Manage a team of mechanical, electrical, and firmware engineers.