Research Scientist, Wearables AI

Burlingame, CA New York, NY Until 8/22/2026 6+ years exp H-1B sponsor history First posted June 23, 2026 Last posted June 23, 2026
Job description

Description

Meta is seeking a Research Scientist with experience in product-focused signal processing and machine learning to help us create novel wearable sensors and algorithms to power the next generation of neuromotor interfaces and augmented reality systems. Work to reduce latency and friction between user intent and action through improved sensing and algorithms.

Responsibilities

Collaborating with hardware and machine learning teams to define sensor performance requirements as well as characterize the dependencies between sensors and overall system performance Exploring and designing new sensing architectures and characterizing their impact on the downstream ML models and their requirements Building simulation tools and use them to explore sensor performance Developing methodologies and tools to simulate biophysical signals and their approximations

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience Ph.D. in machine learning, AI, computer science, electrical engineering, statistics, applied mathematics, data science, signal processing, optimization or related technical fields Record of publication demonstrating research excellence 6+ years of experience in signal processing, machine learning, or sensor development in an industry R&D setting Research-oriented software engineering skills (SciPy ecosystem/ML tools, MATLAB) Experience working in consumer hardware engineering Experience building user interaction systems and/or working in human-computer interaction Experience shipping consumer hardware products at large scale Demonstrated experience of statistical signal processing skills Statistically grounded design of test methods for evaluating sensor hardware performance in lab and factory (e.g. aggressor studies and simulations, hardware phantoms) Experience with human-in-loop sensor development (e.g. biosensors or novel input devices such as electrocardiography (EKG/ECG), photoplethysmography (PPG), capacitive sensing, electromyography, etc) Experience defining research/technical direction for a team and to support the work of a small group of researchers toward those goals
About this role

Summary

Research and develop sensors, algorithms, and systems for wearable neuromotor interfaces.

Job title

Research Scientist, Wearables AI

Experience level

6+ years

Minimum experience

6+ years exp

Industry

technology

Location requirements

Burlingame, CA; New York, NY; on-site preferred

Salary

Not specified

Visa sponsorship

H-1B sponsor history

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

signal processingmachine learningsoftware engineeringsensor developmenthuman-computer interaction

Preferred skills

neural interfacesbiosensorselectromyographysensor simulationhardware integration

Specializations

signal processingmachine learningsensor developmenthuman-computer interactionbiophysical signals
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Burlingame, CA, USA

On-site City

New York, NY, USA

On-site City