Product Design Prototyper, Human Interface

Meta’s Reality Labs team is building new human interface experiences across VR, wearables, and mobile. In this role, you will research, design, and prototype interaction concepts, working alongside engineers and researchers to refine prototypes and translate design rationale for stakeholders.

Based in New York, NY, this onsite position focuses on turning user needs into workable experiences, from early requirements to implementation oversight and iteration.

What you’ll do

• Define and synthesize user requirements for human interface interactions.
• Contribute to design process improvements that help align cross-functional teams.
• Participate in strategic decisions in partnership with engineering and research teams.
• Design and create UX prototypes and individually contribute to the feature set.
• Collaborate with user research to conduct user testing and iterate on prototypes.
• Give and solicit feedback to improve product quality and design craftsmanship.
• Partner with PMs, engineers, researchers, and content designers to oversee implementation of the user experience.
• Resolve issues quickly with cross-functional leads.
• Clearly communicate design decisions to a broad range of internal stakeholders.
• Help build product strategy and advocate for product design within Facebook.
• Operate effectively in dynamic, fast-paced environments.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience shipping software products.
• Design skills with proven ability to lead in cross-functional environments.
• Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methods for user research.
• Ability to think at a high level about product strategy and vision.
• Portfolio with examples of interaction and visual work.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience coding in Unity with C# or C++.
• Experience working with researchers.
• Experience building prototypes in short timeframes.
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize or redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (such as efficiency gains or quality improvements).
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices, including risk assessment, bias mitigation, and quality and accuracy reviews.
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development, such as prompt/context engineering and agent orchestration, and staying current with emerging AI technologies.

Tools you’ll use

• Unity
• C#
• C++

Compensation: USD 170,000 - 236,000 per year.

Experience level: 6+ years.