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About the Role

Dolby is seeking an experienced Staff Electrical Engineer to join the Consumer Entertainment engineering team. This role will focus on crafting the hardware that enables the next generation of entertainment technologies, supporting hardware innovation with embedded software and collaborating with cross-functional teams and external partners.

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.

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).

Skills

• 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)

Location

• San Francisco/Bay Area

Work Type

• Full-time
• Flex Work

Experience Level

• Staff

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering
• Master's degree preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $152,900 - $210,200

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity (for some roles)
• Comprehensive benefits package

About the Company

• Dolby is a leader in entertainment innovation, where science meets art. They revolutionize how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment worldwide, from movie theaters to smartphones.
• Dolby's consumer entertainment and cinema businesses bring breakthrough technologies to a wide range of consumer experiences and devices.
• The Dolby name is synonymous with amazing entertainment experiences, including Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, and Dolby Atmos Music.

Equal Opportunity

• Dolby is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
• Dolby is 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.