Embedded Systems Product Owner, Sonos
Portables
$143-159.1k
+ Bonus and equity
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office
Wireless audio experience company
Job no longer available
Wireless audio experience company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$143-159.1k
+ Bonus and equity
More information about location
1-2 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide music lovers with the tools to enjoy their favourite sounds anywhere, any time.
Role
Who you are
- BS or MS in EE, CS, CE, Mathematics, or related discipline
- 5+ years of relevant experience in embedded software development and leading high-performing teams
- Solid understanding of Bluetooth and/or WiFi fundamentals including Bluetooth Classic, Low Energy, LE audio, and WiFi/BT coexistence methods
- Track record of shipping reliable, extensible, and maintainable software programs using multiple development methodologies
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience articulating technical concepts in cross-functional teams
- Ability to work with people with different cultures and backgrounds in different locations and time zones
Desirable
- Experience with embedded Linux and real-time operating systems
- Embedded hardware design experience to understand constraints and challenges
- Exposure to acoustics
- Understanding of digital signal processing fundamentals such as sampling, dynamic range, digital filtering, fixed point vs floating point, optimizations of inner loops
- Demonstrated experience in audio and speech processing
- Experience in product development across multi-disciplinary technical teams using strong problem-solving skills
- Capacity to communicate technical concepts, risks, and interdependent requirements clearly and effectively at all levels and translate them into actionable plans
- Ability to quickly translate customer requirements into concrete software system functionality
- Working knowledge of branch/merge strategies and code management
- Experience with consumer hardware development and organizational exposure to mass production
What the job involves
- Sonos is seeking a Product Owner to join the newly formed Portables Category, Embedded Systems Team
- In this role, you will be responsible for managing the software development of new products and features by enacting the vision and direction defined in the product roadmap
- As a subject-matter expert, you will use your technical knowledge to bridge the gap between product management and technical engineers by translating customer requirements to system requirements and setting technical direction
- You will collaborate closely with product managers, product creation leads, user experience designers, software developers, external vendors, and other stakeholders across the organization to deliver on the product vision
- Participate in category roadmap discovery and planning meetings with category leadership and Product Managers
- Translate customer vision and requirements to system requirements, epics, and user stories for implementation by engineering teams
- Support the team in delivering value as the person who holds and communicates the full technical vision of a project, establishes milestones, develops and prioritizes the team backlog
- Know how and when to ship quality products and features. Work with engineering teams to keep programs moving forward using both qualitative and quantitative metrics to advance programs through the shipping cycle
- Demonstrate a relentless sense of ownership for the success of a program
- Act as the liaison between the cross-functional teams
Our take
Sonos is a highly reputed global manufacturer of top tier speakers. Since being founded in 2002 it has become a market leading audio product brand, partnering with over 100 music service companies and putting products in nearly 11 million households worldwide.
Sonos' strong brand reputation has seen it carve out space in a competitive market alongside giants like Amazon and Alphabet, who are similarly targeting the connected audio home market. Sonos have perhaps been smart in keeping their product selection relatively modest, focusing instead on strategic partnerships that embed their products across different markets. They are, for example, partnered with Audi to provide their first in-car sound system.
As companies began adopting remote and hybrid work, Sonos benefitted from a period of increased consumer focus on refitting the leisure and work facilities of their homes. This includes speakers and smart speakers, which account for the vast majority of Sonos revenue. This trend is only set to continue, with the global home audio market expected to exceed $70 billion by 2030. As a market leader, Sonos is in good stead to continue its sustained growth.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
0% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Nov 2013
$25m
LATE VC
Jun 2012
$135m
SERIES F
Total funding: $227m
Company HQ
Lower State, Santa Barbara, CA
Leadership
Tom Conrad
(CEO)Tom has been part of Sonos since 2017, becoming CEO in 2025. Previously, he was the CEO of Zero Longevity Science and the CPO of Quibi.
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