Byron Taylor

About Byron Taylor

I work at the intersection of system architecture and hardware execution — finding…

Experience

1. Senior Technical Lead, Ar Display Systems

   Meta

   Oct 2016 — Present · Redmond, WA, US

   At Meta, I worked across both Research and Product organizations, shaping AR display systems and driving cross-disciplinary technical direction at the boundary between early-stage exploration and committed product direction.I began as an optical designer developing projector and combiner lenses for Meta\'s Orion AR glasses and went on to build the optical systems organization responsible for all projector and camera lenses, scaling the team from 4 to ~25 engineers across design, modeling, fabrication, and supplier integration.My role expanded beyond subsystem ownership into display system architecture leadership. I led evaluation and down-selection of display system paths across silicon, optics, waveguides, perception, and industrial design, surfacing hidden system constraints and helping drive committed direction under real product constraints.I frequently stepped into ambiguous or stalled efforts to anchor trade-offs to measurable system KPIs, reduce long-term integration risk, and restore forward momentum.

Education

• University of Arizona

  PhD, Optical Sciences Center

  1990 — 1997

Skills

• Engineering Management
• Laser Physics
• Optics
• Engineering
• Aerospace
• Optical Engineering
• Manufacturing
• Metrology
• Laser
• Ir
• Electro-Optics
• Testing
• Sensors
• Interferometry
• Modeling
• Code V