Software Engineer, Embedded at Meta

United States

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services like Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. To apply, click “Apply to Job” online on this web page.<br/><br/><br/><strong>Responsibilities</strong><br/>Design and implement components at all layers of the system including kernel, synchronization primitives, resource allocators, memory management, security, I/O systems, and persistence.<br/>* Design and implement drivers and services that deliver large volumes of data with low-latency and high-bandwidth.<br/>* Debug complex, system-level, multi-component issues that span across multiple layers from kernel to application.<br/>* Profile performance problems and drive optimizations spanning the entire software stack.<br/>* Bring up new devices and lead debugging and performance tuning exercises that span multiple hardware/firmware/software teams.<br/>* Understand software components from multiple partner teams, lead the integration of those components into the unified product code base, and drive their continued development.<br/>* Telecommuting from anywhere in the U.S. allowed.<br/><br/><strong>Qualifications</strong><br/>Requires a Master’s degree (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Applied Sciences, or related field, and 3 years of work experience in the job offered or in a computer-related occupation<br/>* Requires 2 years of experience in the following:<br/>* Representing the company with external vendor relationships and driving external product roadmaps. Writing, optimizing, and maintaining low-level hardware drivers, schedulers, CPU governors, and HALs for Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets (888, 865) and related platforms<br/>* Designing interprocessor-safe and scalable kernel-level improvements, including RCU-linked lists and Android’s Generic Kernel Image (GKI) for smooth kernel upgrades<br/>* Designing, implementing and optimizing power of low-level, power constrained products using power management techniques, including: Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS), Tickless Idle, Event-driven Programming, Sensor Batching<br/>* specifically on FreeRTOS, Linux Kernel utilizing hardware acceleration and MCU offload<br/>* Developing secure and trusted computing features with ARM SCM, Qualcomm TZ, and ARMv9-A (PAC, BTI, MTE) to support applications including DRM, banking, and data protection<br/>* Building and validating large-scale software products and environments using C/C++14/17, GNU GCC, LLVM Clang, automated CICD pipelines, Docker, and ABI/UABI validation frameworks<br/>* Designing and deploying low-level drivers and hypervisors, including Qualcomm’s Gunyah Type-1 Hypervisor and custom boot sequence/ARM big.LITTLE optimizations for low-latency startup<br/>* Engineering heterogeneous SoC solutions using Linux Kernel remoteproc and Devicetree frameworks for scalable runtime driver configuration in AMP systems<br/>* Advancing embedded systems and device engineering through algorithm development, high-performance firmware, driver frameworks, kernel development, and custom silicon bringup/ debug on FPGAs<br/>* Ensuring reliability and quality through advanced debugging (JTAG, Lauterbach/TRACE32), robust software development practices (source control, bug tracking, design documentation), and large-scale product deployment