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Visiting Researcher, Release to Production

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At a glance

Compensation
$173–245K/yr
Location
Menlo Park, CA
Role Type
Research
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Meta seeks an experienced Visiting Researcher to join its Release to Production team, which supports the hardware lifecycle of Meta servers. The role focuses on testing systems before production release and tracking server health and lifecycle in production. It works with internal teams and external vendors on system architecture, hardware and software issues, test automation, remediation, and reliability at scale.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

LinuxScriptingHardware Server SupportServer TroubleshootingServer ArchitectureSystems AnalysisSystem ConfigurationChange Impact MeasurementComputer Systems Product LifecycleServer Product EngineeringData ProcessingData VisualizationData ModelingMachine LearningAI Use Case DevelopmentHardware ReliabilityHardware ValidationFault ToleranceScalability

Qualifications

8+ Years Hardware Server Support Experience5+ Years System Configuration Experience3+ Years Server Product Engineering Experience

Full job description

Summary:

Meta is seeking an experienced Visiting Researcher to join our Release to Production (RTP) team. Our servers and data centers are the foundation upon which our rapidly scaling infrastructure operates efficiently to deliver our innovative services. The RTP team is responsible for the Hardware Lifecycle of all Meta servers including pre-production hands-on system and hardware debugging and stress testing, enabling production-ready system monitoring, automated provisioning and automated remediation of issues. RTP Engineers work closely with hardware designers, system manufacturers, component vendors, capacity engineering, production engineering, Meta services, and data center operations teams to test systems before release to our production data centers, and to track the health and lifecycle of servers in production.

Required Skills:

Visiting Researcher, Release to Production Responsibilities:

  1. Lead interface with external vendors and internal hardware, mechanical, power, thermal, manufacturing and software engineers to understand system architecture to develop and execute the test suites for various architectures

  2. Contribute as a Tech Lead, owning and proactively creating experiments and tooling to detect and diagnose hardware/firmware/software health issues, in organized and collaborative efforts

  3. Develop test framework for large-scale test automation inside fleet during product development and after mass production

  4. Implement remediation across software and hardware stack according to plan, while keeping a thorough procedural record and data log

  5. Develop and publish updates on resolutions and communicate findings internally

  6. Troubleshoot, diagnose and root-cause system failures and isolate the components/failure scenarios while working with internal & external stakeholders

  7. Develop visibility through data visualization and implement systematic solutions to hardware health issues

  8. Drive necessary discussion with external and internal teams on test specification and methodologies to improve test quality continuously

  9. Develop robust, scalable practices for supporting hardware infrastructure at scale

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. 8+ years of experience in hardware server system support, troubleshooting server architecture and components, analyzing, triaging, and solving systems level issues

  2. Expertise with Linux and scripting (Python or similar)

  3. 5+ years of experience in changing system configurations and measuring change impact, working through full lifecycle progressions of computer systems products

  4. 3+ years of experience engineering innovations in support of different server system/data center products

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Expertise in data processing, visualization, modeling, and ML

  2. Experience in developing AI use cases

  3. Proven record in driving state-of-the-art research in hardware system reliability, validation, fault tolerance, and scalability

Public Compensation:

$173,000/year to $245,000/year + 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 4,524 open Researcher jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$173–245K/yr
  • California median$150–240K/yr432 salary ranges
  • US median$103–155K/yr2,035 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $209K, is 6% above the California median midpoint ($198K) — in the middle half of Researcher salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 750 open Researcher jobs in California and 4,524 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience — more than three in four Researcher postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 1,410 postings).
Education
2,998 of the 4,524 open Researcher jobs (66%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 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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