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Builds social apps, AI assistants and smart glasses

Electrical Engineering Technician - Robotics Hardware Engineering

Full-Time
No salary listed
Mid
Redmond, WA, USA
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Hardware EngineeringHardware Validation & Testing
Company Historically Provides H1B Sponsorship

About the job

Requirements
  • Comfort working in a high-ambiguity, fast-paced environment where full system requirements are seldom known.
Responsibilities
  • Build, wire, and operate test platforms, fixtures, and benches for continuous validation of robot electrical systems.
  • Assemble harnesses, solder and rework boards, stand up device-under-test setups, run documented test procedures, and capture clean data for engineers to act on.

About the company

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Meta builds Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Threads, apps that billions of people use to message friends, share photos and video, and follow creators and businesses. Most of its revenue comes from advertising: businesses buy placements across these apps, and Meta's AI systems decide who sees each ad and report the results. Its Meta Superintelligence Labs group builds the company's own AI models, the Meta AI assistant and the Muse agent app. Its Reality Labs unit makes Quest headsets and, with eyewear maker EssilorLuxottica, Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses. Meta was founded as Facebook in 2004 and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California

Founded

2004

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What believers are saying

  • A booming ad business backs pay and stock: Meta's revenue rose 28% to $60.8 billion in the June 2026 quarter.
  • AI engineers get vast resources: Meta expects $130 billion to $145 billion of capital spending in 2026.
  • Wearables teams are scaling: in February 2026, Meta sought to double glasses output to 20 million units this year.

What critics are saying

  • Job security is shaky: about 8,000 employees were hit by Meta's May 2026 layoffs, aimed at funding its AI push.
  • Meta's biggest apps still face a breakup fight: the FTC appealed its Instagram and WhatsApp court win in January 2026.
  • Hardware plans get reshuffled: Meta cut about 1,500 Reality Labs jobs in January 2026, shifting from the metaverse to wearables.

What makes Meta unique

  • Meta's four apps form one huge audience: 3.56 billion people used them daily in March 2026.
  • Meta leads smart glasses through eyewear giant EssilorLuxottica: their Ray-Ban and Oakley models sold over 7 million pairs in 2025.
  • Meta builds consumer AI agents in-house: its Muse app, launched September 2026, topped Apple's US free-app chart within ten days.

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Benefits

  • Stock Options
  • Company Equity
  • Mental Health Support
  • Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

8%

1 year growth

8%

2 year growth

-1%
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