Senior Staff Electrical Engineer

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

Job summary

Dolby is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer to join the Consumer Entertainment team in San Francisco. You will develop hardware platforms and enable Dolby technologies across a range of consumer devices, partnering with acoustics, mechanics, and software teams to deliver integrated solutions.

You will design analog/digital circuits for audio, prototype new concepts, and support DSP integration on hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering; Master preferred.
• 10+ years of proven industry experience designing mixed-signal consumer electronics.
• Experience with audio buses: I2S/TDM, PDM, SPDIF, Dante and control buses I2C/SPI/UART.
• Power system design: switch-mode and linear.
• PCB design with Xpedition; PLM experience with Agile.
• Hands-on with EE lab tools: oscilloscopes, power supplies, multimeters.
• Soldering and board modification; strong documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop hardware platforms to enable Dolby technologies.
• Design analog and digital electronics for audio applications.
• Collaborate with acoustic, mechanical, and software teams on holistic solutions.
• Evaluate components and prototype designs for customer demos.
• Support customers with architecture reviews and component selection.
• Lead hardware integration with DSP algorithms on hardware.
• Travel to customer sites for deployment and evaluation.

Skills

10+ years experience

Hands-on electronics

System architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Excellent English communication

Travel up to 10%

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Xpedition

Agile PLM

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Multimeters

Schematic capture

Job description

Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future. At Dolby, science meets art, and high tech means more than computer code. As a member of the Dolby team, you’ll see and hear the results of your work everywhere, from movie theaters to smartphones. We continue to revolutionize how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment worldwide. To do that, we need the absolute best talent. We’re big enough to give you all the resources you need, and small enough so you can make a real difference and earn recognition for your work. We offer a collegial culture, challenging projects, and excellent compensation and benefits, not to mention a Flex Work approach that is truly flexible to support where, when, and how you do your best work.

Dolby’s consumer entertainment and cinema businesses are bringing Dolby’s breakthrough technologies, powering the world’s top movies, TV shows, music, games, and live sports to more places around the world across a wider range of consumer experiences and devices.

The Dolby name is synonymous worldwide with amazing entertainment experiences, from Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos in cinemas and living rooms to Dolby Atmos Music on the latest smart speakers and smartphones. If you think that’s cool, just wait until you see what we’re cooking up next. To get there, we need an experienced Staff Electrical Engineer to join the Consumer Entertainment engineering team and help us craft the hardware that will enable the next generation of entertainment technologies.

You’ll be joining a team that develops innovative hardware and software solutions to enable incredible Dolby audio experiences across a wide range of consumer electronics devices. You will be responsible for supporting hardware innovation with embedded software. In collaboration with acoustic, mechanical, electrical and software engineers, you will develop and demonstrate exciting new hardware technologies and work with our consumer electronics partners to integrate them into new product offerings.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with external customers, Dolby partners, and other Dolby teams to bring new audio experiences to new devices.
• Develop hardware platforms to enable and advance Dolby technologies.
• Design analog and digital electronics hardware with an emphasis on audio band applications.
• Simulate and analyze new circuit topologies for use within audio electronics, loudspeakers, and power conversion devices.
• Understand system architecture requirements and tradeoffs and design appropriate solutions.
• Evaluate potential components (ICs) and modules for integration into new designs.
• Develop prototype designs that showcase new Dolby technologies.
• Work with cross functional teams including acoustic and mechanical engineers to develop holistic solutions.
• Collaborate with software engineers to enable DSP algorithms on hardware designs.
• Work with contract manufacturers to build prototypes for evaluation and customer demos.
• Support customers with product architecture, component selection, and schematic review requests.
• Perform competitive product analysis and benchmarking.

Minimum requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Master is preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of proven industry experience.
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing mixed-signal systems for the consumer market.
• Experience developing board level systems utilizing audio components including class D amplifiers, ADCs/DACs/CODECs, DSPs, and MEMs.
• Experience with digital audio (I2S/TDM, PDM, SPDIF, Dante) and control (I2C, SPI, UART) buses.
• Experience designing switch-mode and linear power systems.
• Proficient with PCB design platform (e.g. Xpedition) and PLM system (e.g. Agile)
• Proficient with EE lab tools including oscilloscopes, power supplies, and multimeters.
• Ability to solder and manage board modifications without technician help.
• Experience with system architecture, component selection, schematic capture, and PCB layout.
• Excellent hands-on electronics evaluation and troubleshooting skills.
• Great interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to achieve results, meet deadlines, and adjust to quickly changing priorities in a fast-paced engineering environment.
• Excellent oral and written communication in English, including the ability to produce clear and concise technical software documentation.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Critical thinker and problem-solver.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time (domestic and international).

Nice to have

• RF design for wireless (e.g. Bluetooth)
• Audio test & measurement equipment (Audio Precision, SoundCheck, Klippel)
• Experience with efficient amplifier solutions for battery powered applications
• Signal conditioning, including amplification or attenuation and filtering
• Mixed-signal PCB layout for low analog noise and optimum digital signal integrity
• Test signal generation and data analysis (e.g. Python)

Equal Employment Opportunity

Dolby is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our success depends on the combined skills and talents of all our employees. We are committed to making employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, family status, medical condition, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.

Dolby will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of San Francisco Police Code, Article 49, and Administrative Code, Article 12

The San Francisco/Bay Area base salary range for this full-time position is $152,900 - $210,200 which can vary if outside this location, plus bonus, benefits, and some roles may also include equity. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, competencies, experience, market demands, internal parity, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range and perks and benefits for your location during the hiring process.