Categories: Application Development
Summary Description
What if there was absolutely nothing stopping you from inventing the next big thing? What would you do if you thought you could enhance the entertainment experience so that consumers were willing to wait hours in line, because they just had to have it?
Now is your chance to explore the possibilities, tap in to your creativity, and make your ideas a reality.
Be part of the exciting future of entertainment and add your talents to those of an amazing team. For more than 40 years Dolby has led the way in developing innovative entertainment products and technologies used by consumers and professionals worldwide. Innovations from Dolby can be heard in consumer audio and video products, entertainment software, and professional sound applications, including music recording, broadcasting, and sound for motion pictures.
Now Dolby is defining high-definition audio and systems for delivering breathtaking digital cinema. Our long-standing commitment to research and development enables our focus to remain on solutions that work today and are prepared for the future. That’s what keeps us on the leading edge of the industry.
Our company philosophy encourages creativity, collaboration, and the desire to perceive things differently. We have been recognized as one of the top 100 best places to work in the Bay Area. We offer a unique and rich array of benefits, including a flexible work schedule and an assortment of health coverage options. We’re always looking for talented individuals to join our team.
As a Senior Design Engineer you contribute to the design, development, and delivery of server and systems software for the Dolby Digital Cinema System
(http://www.dolby.com/professional/motion_picture/solutions_digitalcinemas.html).
This class-leading system for digital movie playback in theatres is built on world-renowned Dolby hardware and supports dynamic management and streaming of digital cinema content for super-reliable playback. You report to the Senior Project Engineer for the Show Store (digital cinema media player) project as you discover customer requirements, work against technical and schedule challenges, and follow strong software design and process principles. Maintenance and new features blend into the backlog for your team’s agile monthly sprints. New development employs strong object-oriented design to create systems software for Dolbys professional Digital Cinema System. Best of all, you work closely with other great team members in a small, close-knit software group.
You have five or more years of experience in leading-edge server and systems technologies. You are familiar with if not skilled in Java, Linux, media streaming, media file formats, XML, MXF, TCP/IP, Java Native Interfaces (JNI), or embedded systems.
Essential Job Functions
- Creates original software designs and modular, reliable, well-organized code which balances resource efficiency for the particular application.
- Leads software design reviews.
- Uses established software tools (design, development, debugging) and technologies (operating systems, libraries, packages) with expertise.
- Contributes ideas for new technologies, tools, or methods applicable to assigned tasks and serves as conduit for new technology development.
- Provides technical assistance and expertise to other team members, management, and Marketing.
- Identifies milestones, estimates effort, and reports to group leader or senior project leader on progress, roadblocks, and risks for assigned projects.
Education, Skills, Abilities, and Experience Required
- Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science plus five years of relevant professional experience.
- Good verbal and written skills.
- Skilled in at least two technology areas such as Java, Linux, media streaming, media file formats, XML, MXF, TCP/IP, Java Native Interfaces (JNI), or embedded systems.
- Strong Object-Oriented software design skills and able to express ideas using good OO principles
