# Research Scientist Intern - Optical System Design - PhD at Meta

- Company: [Meta](https://meta.com)
- Location: Redmond, WA
- Type: Internship · Internship
- Posted: 2026-08-20
- Apply: https://www.metacareers.com/jobs/1796691991338568
- Page: https://newgrad.ai/jobs/research-scientist-intern-optical-system-design-phd-139947d3

## Summary by newgrad.ai

What you'll do:

- Research and design optical systems for AR/VR hardware
- Contribute to breakthrough glasses and headset development
- Work on optics, displays, and related technologies

What they're looking for:

- PhD students in optical engineering or related fields
- Experience with optical system design and simulation

Pay and perks:

- 12 to 24 week internship with flexible start dates

## Posting

Meta Reality Labs brings together a 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 to twenty-four weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year.

From Meta's public posting, laid out for reading by newgrad.ai with the wording unchanged. Check the original before you apply.

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