Meta Looking For Principal NTI Design Engineer at Redmond, WA

As a Principal NTI Design Engineer at Meta RL ARHW, your responsibilities span from hands on delivery of solutions, though definition of the requirements to fulfill leading edge product objects. As a member of the NTI Engineering team, you will support the definition of project scope, while providing foundational direction to achieve program goals. As an NTI Design Engineer, you will create zero-to-one designs to inform the product development for AR Hardware, including integrating new technologies (NTIs) including display, optics, materials, mechanical and electrical engineering innovations for Augmented Reality (AR) platforms. You will advance the development of product vehicles from concept to validation against specifications, requirements and KPI’s through targeted studies and experimentation vehicles, advanced technology development and novel advance design exploration. You will lead system level NTI verification and analysis. As an expert in design risk mitigation you will identify areas of study that require experimentation including custom fixture requirements for proof of concept validation of said NTI’s. Your work will often be the first time that new technologies are integrated, and will inform the roadmap as well as technology tradeoffs.

Principal NTI Design Engineer Responsibilities:
In collaboration with product design and test partners, you will design and validate early prototypes on the design path of next-generation AR hardware devices

Map out architecture, resources, systematic requirements, and cross-technology dependencies

Work closely with Product management, System Engineering, and Product Design teams to map out NTI roadmaps, inclusive of internal and external research and development requirements and detailed project schedules

Identification of critical partnerships, industry expertise and invention

Leads NTI architecture reviews, including performance benchmarking and demonstrators

Designing NTI systems to prove out potential product paths at system and subsystem level and solving problems that your designs uncover (defects, FA etc.)

Scoping and leading technical development of workstreams for capabilities needed for current and future NTI investigations and design

Define and execute Engineering Qualification Vehicles and Platforms (EQVs) goals – Prioritization of investigation areas for NTI work in the AR Glasses space. Leading and managing integration NTI DOEs to determine design/process sensitivities

Leads and informs on problem solving, root cause analysis, and other continuous improvement initiatives

Communication across all levels of an organization – from management and higher-level strategy planning to the technicians and leads

Minimum Qualifications:
10+ years direct industry experience in creation of consumer products and proof-of-concept vehicles, especially where new technologies are being introduced

Experience in leading, directly or indirectly, cross functional teams to solve complex challenges, with indeterminate boundary requirements

Expertise with structure problem solving approaches (RCCA), design experimentation and optimization (DOE), root cause and defect/failure analysis, FMEA, FEA, reliability testing, statistical data analysis, manufacturing process knowledge (MSA/GRR)

Experience designing wearable products with sensors and or optical/mechanical systems

Experience in consumer product in electro-mechanical and opto-mechanical interactions (materials, enclosures, displays, thermal solutions, cables/FPCs, connectors)

Experience with electro-mechanical design and related assembly process including complex small-scale mechanical assemblies to determine proof of concept

Background in interconnect design, FPCA/PCBA design, EE and ME component and material selection and system integration

Experience processing best practices including Scientific Process Development (SPD), Window studies (DOE), rapid prototyping, risk assessment (e.g. FMEA, Pugh Matrix)

Knowledge in component design, development, and optimization

Background in failure and root cause analysis

Proficient in statistical analysis, inclusive of statistical software packages such as JMP, Minitab, Crystal Ball

Knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing (GD&T)

Experience with 3D design tools and other CAD suites, inclusive of SolidWorks, Creo, NX

BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical, Optics, Material Science or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications:
MSc or PhD degree in engineering or related disciplines

Black Belt in Design for Six Sigma experience (DFSS BB)

Experience with fixture & equipment development, injection molding, adhesives, composites and complex mechanisms

Proficient in with Siemens NX

Experience with mechanical tolerance analysis and tools such as CETOL and VSA

Experience in optical constraint theory, alignment requirements, tools and design, assembly and fabrication methods

Experience in critical consumer product components design and fabrication, inclusive of display technologies, lens design, rf/antenna, and advanced structural components

Working knowledge of industry standards for consumer products including: safety, materials, testing, and fabrication

Understanding of emerging technologies in additive manufacturing

Working knowledge of mechanical simulation methods including FEA thermal, structural, flow (Moldflow, Moldex3D or equivalent)

Understanding of metrology methods and design for verification best practices

Design for Six Sigma experience (DFSS Green Belt preferred), inclusive of mapping customer requirements through KPI definition, evaluation, and analytical data assessment to inform product direction

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