# Research Scientist Intern, Optical System Design (PhD)

Meta Reality Labs brings together a world-class team of researchers, developers, and engineers to create the future of virtual and augmented reality, which together will become as universal and essential as smartphones and personal computers are today. And just as personal computers have done over the past 45 years, AR and VR will ultimately change everything about how we work, play, and connect. We are developing all the technologies needed to enable breakthrough AR glasses and VR headsets, including optics and displays, computer vision, audio, graphics, brain-computer interface, haptic interaction, eye/hand/face/body tracking, perception science, and true telepresence. Some of those will advance much faster than others, but they all need to happen to enable AR and VR that are so compelling that they become an integral part of our lives.Our internships are twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year. Responsibilities Collaborate with researchers and cross-functional partners including communicating research plans, progress, and results. Publish research results and contribute to research that can be applied to Meta product develop

- **Id**: 3882717
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/meta-research-scientist-intern-optical-system-design-phd-2>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: intern
- **Employment type**: internship
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sunnyvale, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-06T15:34:08Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-06
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T09:05:16Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 6
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3242
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Advertising, Virtual & Augmented Reality, Foundation Models, Messaging Apps

## Company

- **Id**: 20
- **Name**: Meta
- **Domain**: meta.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/meta>
- **Size band**: 5000+
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Career sitemap

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 229
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.799
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 41
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Technologies

- **Computer Vision** — Optional: no
- **CUDA** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **NVIDIA OptiX** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 2
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-06T18:40:07Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 1; Filings 12m: 1

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 41
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:early, comp:junior,brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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