Senior Electrical Engineer - Audio Hardware & Systems

Dolby; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flex Work

Competitive compensation & benefits

Job summary

Dolby is seeking an experienced Staff Electrical Engineer to join the Consumer Entertainment engineering team. You will design hardware and embedded software, collaborating with acoustic, mechanical, electrical, and software engineers to bring advanced Dolby technologies to consumer devices.

You will develop analog and digital hardware, evaluate components, prototype new designs, and support customers with architecture and schematic reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering; Master’s degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of proven industry experience.
• Experience designing and developing mixed-signal systems for the consumer market.
• Experience with audio components including class D amplifiers, ADCs/DACs/CODECs, DSPs, and MEMs.
• Experience with digital audio (I2S/TDM, PDM, SPDIF, Dante) and control buses (I2C, SPI, UART).
• Experience designing switch-mode and linear power systems.
• Proficient with PCB design platform Xpedition and PLM system Agile.
• Proficient with EE lab tools including oscilloscopes, power supplies, and multimeters.
• Excellent communication in English, both oral and written.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with customers and partners to bring new audio experiences to devices.
• Develop hardware platforms to enable Dolby technologies.
• Design analog and digital audio hardware for consumer devices.
• Simulate circuit topologies for audio electronics, loudspeakers, and power conversion.
• Understand system architecture requirements and tradeoffs and design appropriate solutions.
• Evaluate potential components for integration into new designs.
• Develop prototypes showcasing Dolby technologies.
• Work with cross-functional teams to develop holistic solutions.
• Collaborate with software engineers to enable DSP algorithms on hardware designs.
• Support customers with architecture, component selection, and schematic reviews.
• Perform competitive product analysis and benchmarking.

Skills

Hands-on electronics evaluation

Troubleshooting

Interpersonal skills

Written and spoken English

Team collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Xpedition PCB Design

Agile PLM

Oscilloscopes & lab equipment

Soldering & board modification

Job description

Dolby is seeking an experienced Staff Electrical Engineer to join the Consumer Entertainment engineering team. You will design hardware and embedded software, collaborating with acoustic, mechanical, electrical, and software engineers to bring advanced Dolby technologies to consumer devices.

You will develop analog and digital hardware, evaluate components, prototype new designs, and support customers with architecture and schematic reviews.