Electrical Design Validation Engineer

The Meta Hardware Validation Engineer will play a crucial role in ensuring the quality and performance of Meta’s hardware products. This position involves designing, executing, and analyzing comprehensive validation plans to guarantee that Meta’s hardware meets product requirements.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute electrical validation methodologies for PCBs and subsystems
• Develop and track detailed test plans for modules and top-level systems
• Drive validation efforts to meet key deadlines and priority goals
• Own execution, interpretation, and reporting of electrical validation work status and results
• Clearly document test results and track bugs encountered and fixed
• Design, expand EE test automation and processes
• Support system bring-up and debug activities
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and implement rigorous system tests
• Analyze large datasets and distill findings into clear, actionable summaries for stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, and/or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of experience in electrical system verification for consumer electronics and/or related fields
• Experience with definition of validation test plans and developing detailed electrical validation SOPs
• Experience owning significant areas of electrical validation
• Experience executing electrical validation on the bench with familiarity with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, DMM, e-load, power supply, power analyzer, spectrum analyzer, signal generator, and temp chamber
• Understanding of board schematics and board layout, finding proper probe locations, and identifying potential points of failure in the DUT
• Working knowledge of Python, LabVIEW, or other programming languages for data processing and automation Experience leading consumer electronics device system-level design validation
• Experience with VNA, logic analyzer, signal analyzer, battery simulator, data acquisition device (DAQ), audio precision analyzer, audio amp measurement filter
• Python, and LabVIEW development experience
• Board and system level validation and debugging experience
• Experience with mobile technology (smartphones, watches, AR/VR)
• Masters in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and/or equivalent experience
• Firmware verification experience
• Experience in system and subsystem power verification
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)