Staff Engineer, Cinema Tech: Real-Time Embedded Audio/Video

Via Licensing Corporation; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 171,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Dolby is seeking a Senior/Staff Software Engineer for its Cinema Technology Group in the San Francisco Bay Area. You will design and maintain real‑time software for embedded platforms (ARM/x86/FPGA) with a Linux/Open‑BSD stack, contributing to cinema playback servers, audio processors, and related devices.

The role emphasizes secure software design, collaboration with industry groups (DCI/SMPTE), and staying ahead of imaging/audio advances.

Qualifications

• BS or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related.
• 5+ years of hands‑on experience with real‑time embedded or audio/video products using C/C++.
• High level written and verbal communication skills in a globally distributed organization.
• Fluency in current LLM coding techniques, including risk/inefficiency elucidation.
• Deep Linux experience, including custom driver and kernel patches.
• Demonstrated history of innovation and creativity.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain security and audio/video real‑time software on mixed‑architecture embedded platforms (ARM, x86, FPGA, etc) with a software stack typically Linux or Open‑BSD based.
• Design and maintain product secured infrastructure that scales from manufacture to release.
• Work with DCI, SMPTE, and other industry groups to develop and implement new cutting‑edge standards.
• Collaborate with Dolby's research teams to move technologies to releasable, maintainable products for cinemas.
• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies.
• Provide guidance to others inside or outside the engineering group.
• Execute development projects on schedule.

Skills

C/C++

Real-time embedded

Linux

Kernel patches

Embedded platforms

FPGA

ARM

x86

Education

BS in Computer Science/Engineering

Job description

Dolby is seeking a Senior/Staff Software Engineer for its Cinema Technology Group in the San Francisco Bay Area. You will design and maintain real‑time software for embedded platforms (ARM/x86/FPGA) with a Linux/Open‑BSD stack, contributing to cinema playback servers, audio processors, and related devices.

The role emphasizes secure software design, collaboration with industry groups (DCI/SMPTE), and staying ahead of imaging/audio advances.