AI Systems Engineer, Hardware Architecture

Meta Reality Labs is seeking a principal-level AI Systems Engineer to define the hardware architecture strategy for next-generation AI-accelerated computing systems powering virtual and augmented reality products. In this role, you will shape the long-term silicon and systems roadmap for on-device AI inference and training workloads across wearables, headsets, and spatial computing platforms. You will drive architectural decisions that span custom silicon, memory subsystems, interconnects, and software-hardware co-design, ensuring Meta's AI hardware remains at the forefront of performance, efficiency, and capability for immersive computing experiences.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the multi-year architectural roadmap for AI compute subsystems across Meta's hardware product lines, including wearables and spatial computing devices
• Lead system-level architecture exploration for AI inference and training accelerators, including memory hierarchy design, interconnect topology, and power-performance-area tradeoffs
• Drive cross-functional alignment across silicon engineering, firmware, software, and product teams to translate AI workload requirements into hardware specifications
• Develop and maintain architectural models, performance simulators, and analytical frameworks to evaluate design tradeoffs at the system level
• Identify and resolve architectural bottlenecks across the AI compute stack, from neural network operators to silicon microarchitecture
• Establish technical direction for AI hardware platform decisions, including custom silicon versus third-party IP evaluation and integration strategies
• Partner with machine learning researchers and compiler teams to co-design hardware-software interfaces that maximize AI model efficiency on constrained wearable platforms
• Represent hardware architecture in executive-level technical reviews, authoring detailed architecture decision records and system specifications
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers across hardware architecture and systems engineering disciplines
• Evaluate emerging AI workloads, model architectures, and compute paradigms to proactively inform future hardware platform investments

Minimum Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in hardware systems architecture, with a focus on AI, ML, or high-performance compute systems
• Experience defining SoC or system-level architecture for AI inference or training workloads, including memory subsystem design, compute hierarchy, and interconnect topology
• Experience with hardware-software co-design methodologies for on-device AI workloads, including familiarity with ML compiler stacks, operator fusion, and quantization impacts on hardware design
• Experience developing system performance models and using simulation or analytical frameworks to evaluate architectural trade-offs at scale
• Track record of driving multi-year hardware architecture roadmaps and influencing silicon strategy across large engineering organizations

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with custom silicon development flows, including architecture-to-RTL handoff, physical design constraints, and post-silicon validation feedback loops
• Experience architecting AI systems for power- and area-constrained wearable or mobile devices, including VR headsets, AR glasses, or similar spatial computing platforms
• Experience in evaluating and integrating emerging memory technologies (e.g., HBM, LPDDR5X, in-memory compute) into AI system architectures
• Background in collaborating with ML research teams to translate novel model architectures into hardware-efficient deployment targets

$260,000/year to $319,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits