Senior Streaming Audio Solutions Architect

Xperi; Calabasas (CA); Hybrid; USD 138,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous paid time off

Hybrid work environment

Job summary

Xperi invites an experienced Principal Content Solutions Architect to shape streaming audio strategy and architectural guidance for CSPs. You will lead end-to-end delivery from encoding to device playback, working with product, engineering, and content teams.

Based in Calabasas with a hybrid schedule, you will drive multi-codec streaming ecosystems, codec integration, and large-scale deployments, while mentoring teams and aligning roadmaps with customer requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, audio engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in streaming media, audio/codec technology or media platform engineering.
• Hands-on experience with multichannel and immersive audio codecs in streaming (DTS:X, Dolby Atmos/E-AC-3 JOC, MPEG-H and others).
• Strong practical knowledge of OTT delivery (HLS, MPEG-DASH, CMAF, fragmented MP4/ISO BMFF, MPEG-TS) for live and on-demand streaming.

Responsibilities

• Partner technical advisor: Primary technical contact and trusted architectural advisor for CSPs adopting DTS and DTS:X.
• Define DTS:X streaming format and packaging requirements; advise CSPs on encoding parameters, metadata, and signaling.
• Guide CSPs through root-cause analysis of audio issues; gather logs and steps; communicate status and fix timelines.
• Advise on playback architecture, including device capability detection, decoder selection, and multi-codec ladders.
• Advise on codec switching and SSAI/AVOD ad boundaries; ensure timestamp continuity and segment alignment.
• Author partner-facing integration guides and architecture diagrams for CSP integration.
• Collect CSP requirements and feedback; present to Product Management and Engineering.
• Coordinate with internal teams to translate partner needs into actionable specs.

Skills

Streaming media

Audio codecs

OTT delivery

C/C++

FFmpeg/ffprobe

Python

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/audio engineering

Tools

FFmpeg

Bento4

GPAC/MP4Box

Shaka Packager

Job description

Xperi invites an experienced Principal Content Solutions Architect to shape streaming audio strategy and architectural guidance for CSPs. You will lead end-to-end delivery from encoding to device playback, working with product, engineering, and content teams.

Based in Calabasas with a hybrid schedule, you will drive multi-codec streaming ecosystems, codec integration, and large-scale deployments, while mentoring teams and aligning roadmaps with customer requirements.