Product Design Engineer (University Grad)

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  • Meta
  • Sunnyvale, CA
  • 2 weeks ago
  • $118,000 – $139,000
Published
February 5, 2026
Location
Sunnyvale, CA
Category
None  
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Job Description

At Reality Labs we aim to bring together cross-disciplinary minds in one place to deliver on our mission: build tools that help people feel connected, anytime, anywhere. As a Product Design Engineer, you will take a critical role in developing hardware systems for VR, AR, or New Technology Initiatives. You will become part of a team exploring developing concepts through prototyping and into mass-production consumer electronics. You will work as part of a cross functional team requiring collaboration in domains other than mechanical engineering. Our teams support mechanical engineering fundamentals, prototyping skills, CAD fluency, manufacturing process knowledge, and experience designing consumer electronics.

Responsibilities

  • Contribute to mechanical solutions as part of a highly cross-functional team
  • Model, build, test, and refine prototypes and characterization test systems
  • Work across the full product development cycle, from concept inception to shipping product
  • Collaborate and manage work with Asia-based supply chain
  • Push state-of-the-art technologies and approaches to solving complex mechanical problems while working with cross functional technical teams
  • Travel to external vendors up to 20%
Minimum Qualifications

  • Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta
  • Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, GD&T, and 3D/2D CAD
  • Working knowledge in material properties, such as plastics, metal, adhesive, and glass
  • Testing and analysis experience (FEA, Simulation, Design of Experiments, etc.)
  • Knowledge of high-volume manufacturing techniques (stamping, machining, 3D printing, injection molding, etc.)
  • Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
Preferred Qualifications

  • Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment
  • Experience with NX and Teamcenter
  • Experience with highly cosmetic products and working with Industrial Design
  • Experience designing for human factors
  • Fluency in a Mandarin and/or Cantonese language is preferred, as this role reviews regional content where usual language is in a regional language

$118,000/year to $139,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Key Skills
? Key Skills in dark blue have been inferred based on similar industry roles
FEA CAD DFA DFM 3D Printing Material Properties Manufacturing Techniques Prototyping Product Development Supply Chain

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