Senior Streaming Audio Solutions Architect - DTS.X

Xperi Inc.; 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 Inc. in Calabasas, CA is seeking a Principal Content Solutions Architect, Streaming Audio.

You will act as the senior technical authority for content service providers, guiding end-to-end DTS/DTS:X integration from discovery to launch and post-launch support. You will define formats, signaling, and packaging while coordinating with product, engineering, and business teams to ensure seamless playback across devices.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in CS/EE/audio engineering.
• 10+ years in streaming media or media platform engineering with customer-facing experience.
• Hands-on experience with multichannel and immersive audio codecs in streaming (DTS:X, Dolby Atmos/E-AC-3, MPEG-H).
• Strong knowledge of OTT delivery workflows (HLS, MPEG-DASH, CMAF).
• Experience with Android TV/Google TV playback and related toolchains.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary technical advisor for CSPs adopting DTS/DTS:X through discovery to launch and post-launch support.
• Define streaming formats, packaging requirements and advise on encoding parameters, metadata, and signaling.
• Guide CSPs through root-cause analysis of audio issues and coordinate fixes to closure.
• Provide playback architecture recommendations including device capability detection and codec selection.
• Address codec transitions, SSAI/AVOD ad boundaries and timestamp continuity.
• Create partner-facing integration guides, test procedures and architecture diagrams.
• Collect CSP requirements and relay feedback to Product Management and Engineering.

Skills

Streaming audio architectures

Solutions architecture

Partner collaboration

C/C++ familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE/audio engineering or related field

Tools

FFmpeg/ffprobe

Bento4

GPAC/MP4Box

Shaka Packager

MediaInfo

Job description

Xperi Inc. in Calabasas, CA is seeking a Principal Content Solutions Architect, Streaming Audio.

You will act as the senior technical authority for content service providers, guiding end-to-end DTS/DTS:X integration from discovery to launch and post-launch support. You will define formats, signaling, and packaging while coordinating with product, engineering, and business teams to ensure seamless playback across devices.