Bluetooth Audio Firmware Engineer – Gaming Peripherals

Sony Playstation; San Mateo (CA); Hybrid; USD 234,000 - 351,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off

Employee discounts

Wellness program

Bonus potential

Job summary

Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Mateo, CA, seeks an Audio Firmware Engineer to own and develop firmware for gaming peripherals within a small, mission-driven team. You will drive Bluetooth/BLE feature implementation, optimize latency, and support certification and fleet-wide diagnostics across RTOS and kernel drivers.

You will collaborate with internal teams and external partners, shaping product bring-up, manufacturing support, and post-launch activities in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Deep experience shipping wireless features on Mac, Windows, or Linux-based platforms.
• Bluetooth audio SoC vendor stacks and proprietary 2.4GHz link design.
• Passion for gaming and digital entertainment.
• Proven track record of improving RF performance under constraints.

Responsibilities

• Own and develop firmware for gaming peripherals.
• Provide technical leadership and system architecture across firmware domain.
• Design, implement, and debug Bluetooth/BLE features across RTOS and drivers.
• Deliver robust pairing, bonding, and provisioning flows.
• Optimize end-to-end audio latency and jitter buffer behavior.
• Support certification readiness (Bluetooth SIG, USB-IF, Microsoft HLK).
• Contribute to OTA-safe configuration, telemetry, and diagnostics.
• Coordinate firmware activities during product bring-up.
• Support products post-launch.

Skills

C/C++

Python scripting

Systems debugging

Bluetooth Classic/BLE

HCI/L2CAP/GATT

Driver bring-up

ARM64/x86 platforms

Tools

BlueZ

Job description

Sony Interactive Entertainment in San Mateo, CA, seeks an Audio Firmware Engineer to own and develop firmware for gaming peripherals within a small, mission-driven team. You will drive Bluetooth/BLE feature implementation, optimize latency, and support certification and fleet-wide diagnostics across RTOS and kernel drivers.

You will collaborate with internal teams and external partners, shaping product bring-up, manufacturing support, and post-launch activities in a hybrid work environment.