• Experience Prototyper, Audio

    Meta (Redmond, WA)


    Summary:

    At Meta’s Reality Labs Research, our goal is to make world-class consumer virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. Come work alongside industry-leading scientists and engineers to create the technology that makes MR, VR, and AR pervasive and universal. Join the adventure of a lifetime as we make science fiction real and change the world. We bring together field-leading research scientists, engineers, prototypers, and designers to solve the hardest problems in augmented and virtual reality and AI wearables.As an Experience Prototyper on the audio research team at Meta's Reality Labs, you’ll work with highly-skilled scientists, designers, and engineers to develop breakthrough technologies at the intersection of augmented reality, wearables and AI. You'll develop experiences that redefine the way we hear the world around us, augmenting our sense of hearing with new, AI-driven powers. Come and join a team of scientists and engineers eager to develop state-of-the-art methods to approach novel problems.

    Required Skills:

    Experience Prototyper, Audio Responsibilities:

    1. Rapidly prototype novel research ideas into interactive experiences, integrating groundbreaking machine learning algorithms.

    2. Design and build complex prototyping environments encompassing 3D tracking, spatial audio rendering, acoustic simulation, and real-time signal processing and machine learning algorithms.

    3. Collaborate with research scientists, product managers, designers and engineers to generate novel experiences, define prototyping requirements, and deliver demos to key stakeholders.

    4. Collaborate with research scientists and UX researchers to design and deliver experience prototypes for UX research studies.

    Minimum Qualifications:

    Minimum Qualifications:

    5. Experience designing and building complex prototyping environments encompassing 3D tracking, spatial audio rendering, acoustic simulation, and real-time signal processing and machine learning algorithms.

    6. Proficiency with Unity 3D or Unreal

    7. Proficiency with C#

    8. Proficiency with Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs), such as Ableton Live, ProTools, or Logic Pro

    9. Bachelor degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Music Technology, or a related field.

    Preferred Qualifications:

    Preferred Qualifications:

    10. Advanced skills and knowledge of Max/MSP.

    11. Advanced skills and knowledge of MATLAB scripting.

    12. Demonstrated basic audio digital signal processing (DSP) experience.

    13. Experience adapting and extending existing codebases.

    Public Compensation:

    $110,000/year to $159,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

    **Industry:** Internet

    Equal Opportunity:

    Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

     

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