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Product Design Prototyper, Human Interface

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At a glance

Compensation
$139–199K/yr
Location
New York, NY
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Product Design Prototyper will research, design, and prototype interactions for Meta’s Reality Labs team, working on wearables, VR, and mobile technology. The role partners with engineers and researchers to explore and build new ways for people to interact with technology. The team works across disciplines including optics, haptics, tracking, displays, computer vision, audio, and perceptual psychology.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Product DesignCross-Functional LeadershipUser Research MethodsProduct StrategyInteraction DesignVisual DesignUnityC#C++Rapid PrototypingAI Workflow IntegrationResponsible AI PracticesPrompt EngineeringContext EngineeringAgent Orchestration

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Design, HCI, CS, or Related4+ Years Shipping Software ProductsPortfolio of Interaction and Visual WorkResearcher Collaboration Experience

Full job description

Summary:

As a Product Design Prototyper on the Reality Labs team, you will be working on the cutting edge of Wearables, VR, and Mobile technology. With our team, you will explore, prototype, and build experiences that define the future of how people interact. Join a multidisciplinary team experimenting with bold ideas in areas including optics, haptics, tracking, displays, computer vision, user experience, audio, and perceptual psychology. Work alongside Scientists, Mechanical Engineers, Electrical Engineers, and Software Engineers to create the technology that makes new technology pervasive and universal. Join us as we develop novel technologies that shape how people interact with the world around them.You'll be responsible for researching, designing and prototyping interactions for Meta. You'll work closely with engineers and researchers at Reality Labs.

Required Skills:

Product Design Prototyper, Human Interface Responsibilities:

  1. Define and synthesize user requirements.

  2. Help establish design processes to align cross-functional teams.

  3. Contribute to strategic decisions, working with engineering and research teams.

  4. Design and create user experience prototypes and individually contribute to the feature set.

  5. Work with user research to user test and iterate on the prototypes.

  6. Give and solicit feedback from others to raise the quality and craftsmanship of the product.

  7. Partner with PMs, engineers, researchers and content designers, overseeing the implementation of the user experience.

  8. Quickly solve issues with your cross-functional leads.

  9. Clearly articulate design decisions to a vast set of internal stakeholders.

  10. Help build product strategy.

  11. Advocate for product design within Facebook.

  12. Thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments.

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field

  2. 4+ years of experience in shipping software products

  3. Design skills and the proven experience to lead in cross-functional environments

  4. Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methods for user research

  5. Experience to think at a high level about product strategy and vision

  6. Portfolio featuring examples of interaction and visual work

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Experience coding in Unity with C# or C++

  2. Experience working with researchers

  3. Experience with building prototypes in short timeframes

  4. Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)

  5. Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

  6. Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies

Public Compensation:

$139,000/year to $199,000/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.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected].

How this job compares

Set against the 1,802 open Product Designer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$139–199K/yr
  • New York median$160–214K/yr286 salary ranges
  • US median$150–216K/yr1,377 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $169K, is 9% below the New York median midpoint ($185K) — in the middle half of Product Designer salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 371 open Product Designer jobs in New York and 1,802 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Product Designer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,413 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 452 of the 1,802 open Product Designer jobs (25%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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