Senior Embedded Software Engineer, Sonos
Audio
$152-205.6k
+ Bonus + Equity
Wireless audio experience company
Job no longer available
Wireless audio experience company
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$152-205.6k
+ Bonus + Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide music lovers with the tools to enjoy their favourite sounds anywhere, any time.
Role
Who you are
- Degree in Computer Science/ Electrical/ Electronic engineering
- 5+ Years experience designing, writing and debugging signal processing software on embedded systems
- Experience using Linux as a development platform
- Experience with SoC devices executing audio processing within a multi-threaded embedded OS
- Experience writing modular software using modern design principles
Desirable
- Embedded system programming in C++. Experience with Rust is a bonus
- Embedded Linux or RTOS based systems
- Understanding of digital signal processing fundamentals such as sampling, dynamic range, digital filtering, fixed point vs floating point, optimizations of inner loops
- Structured software development and design using C++
- Defining high level APIs and versed in modern programming standards
- Multichannel audio home theater formats such as Dolby, Dolby Atmos, DTS
- Experience with Android Audio is a bonus
What the job involves
- This role of an embedded SW engineer within the Audio Processing team is to design, develop, test and solve issues related to audio processing software executing within a larger multi-core, multi-threaded operating system typically running on Linux based SoC (system on chip) devices
- Decompose problems into logical components that can be cleanly implemented and efficiently executed in software on multiple platforms
- Audio pipeline bring-up and implementation of DSP processing chains to support audio systems engineers in the realization of complex audio processing algorithms
- Work within the New Product Introduction (NPI) process to provide SW support to cross functional teams
- Determine the scope of effort required to execute work streams that would feed into larger cross functional programs
- Work across multiple teams to understand touchpoints, milestones and areas that could become blocking issues
- Provide summarized technical readouts to management teams responsible for project management
- Interface with R&D teams to define ways in which to migrate new technologies into products
- Work closely with Acoustic Engineers to efficiently solve hardware level problems in software
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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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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