Research Product Design Prototyper

Job Description

Innovation and Prototyping: Explore and create prototypes that shape the future of XR and AI interactions.

• Collaboration: Work closely with interaction designers, scientists, product managers, engineers, and researchers to bring great experiences from concept to implementation.
• User Research: Collaborate with user research and design teams to test, iterate on prototypes, and conduct experiments based on research questions.
• Technology Awareness: Stay informed about the latest advancements in machine learning, NLP, and related technologies.
• Research Advocacy: Contribute to research growth across teams by sharing research trends and best practices within the community.
• Communication: Clearly explain prototyping decisions to a diverse group of internal stakeholders.
• Process Development: Assist in establishing prototyping processes to align cross-functional teams.
• Feedback and Improvement: Actively give and seek feedback to enhance the quality and craftsmanship of the product.
• Documentation: handover materials for knowledge transfer, across written guides, wikis and repositories.

Skills and Requirements

Onsite at Meta office minimum of 3 days a week

• Minimum of 5 years in Prototyping or Game Development, with proven development, collaboration and leadership skills in cross-functional environments.
• AI/ML Research Experience: At least 2 years of research experience in AI/ML Prototyping.
• Technical Knowledge and Programming Expertise: Familiarity with large language models, deep learning, and neural networks.
• Proficiency with C# and comfortable working in other languages such as Python, shellscript
• Rapid Prototyping: Experience in building prototypes within short time frames.
• Technology Understanding: Practical knowledge of current technologies used to build rich experiences in responsive web and native mobile large enterprise apps.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas.
• Engineering Competence: Broad engineering competence and in-depth technical knowledge of comprehensive software systems, along with demonstrated experience in successfully planning, organizing, and conducting software development projects in a dynamic or startup environment.
• Adaptability: Thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments, demonstrating a growth mindset and the ability to learn new languages

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].