Manufacturing Design Engineer

About the role

Meta’s Reality Labs team is building the next generation of Smart Glass and AR/VR devices. As a Manufacturing Design Engineer you will lead the development of manufacturing processes for optical and mechanical components, turning innovative hardware concepts into scalable products.

Key responsibilities

• Drive manufacturing process innovation for mechanical and optical components used in Smart Devices and AR/VR products.
• Collaborate with hardware engineering, sourcing, quality, and tech‑ops teams to audit, select, and qualify supplier partners.
• Own end‑to‑end processes including molding, forging, assembly, surface finishing, optical coating, film/lens lamination, die‑cutting, laser cutting, and adhesion.
• Develop manufacturing plans, equipment specifications, and material selections; set CTO criteria and run statistical analysis on trial data.
• Define quality characterization, inspection methods, and component qualification before shipment to downstream vendors.
• Debug mechanical/optical issues from NPI to ramp, perform root‑cause analysis, and implement process optimizations.
• Provide technical leadership across programs and travel to vendor sites as needed.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Chemistry, Physics, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of hands‑on experience in mechanical, display, camera, or optical manufacturing.

Required skills

• Mechanical and optical component manufacturing
• Molding, forging, assembly, surface finishing
• Optical coating, film/lens lamination, die‑cutting, laser cutting, adhesion processes
• Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and process qualification
• Statistical analysis and data‑driven decision making
• Quality characterization, inspection methodology, supplier auditing
• Root‑cause analysis and process optimization