Dolby Laboratories Inc.
Staff QA Engineer - Cinema Imaging
San Francisco, California,United States · Staff+ · Full-time
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$11,337 more — $164,237 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $164,237 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- At Dolby, science meets art, and high tech means more than computer code.
- As a member of the Dolby team, you'll see and hear the results of your work everywhere, from movie theaters to smartphones.
- To do that, we need the absolute best talent.
Responsibilities
- Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future.
- We continue to revolutionize how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment worldwide.
- Lead QA strategy and end-to-end test ownership for high-priority cinema imaging products, from early development through release readiness.
- Perform hands-on functional, integration, system, interoperability, performance, reliability, upgrade, and regression testing on complex cinema systems.
- Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, test matrices, and release criteria based on product requirements, architecture, technical risk, customer use cases, and field configurations.
- Own picture-quality and video-path validation, including calibration, image evaluation, video playback, color processing, signal integrity, metadata handling, multi-projector configurations, and 3D imaging workflows.
- Configure and troubleshoot complete cinema systems, isolate failures across hardware, firmware, software, networking, and content boundaries, and work closely with engineering teams to drive issues to resolution.
- Serve as the primary QA interface with external projector and hardware partners, including alignment on test standards, issue escalation, defect reproduction, release readiness, and cross-company coordination.
- Produce high-quality defect reports and lead defect triage, root-cause investigation, reproduction, prioritization, and verification of fixes.
- Mentor QA engineers and provide technical direction on imaging test design, lab practices, troubleshooting, and quality decision-making.
Requirements
- Requirements Minimum 7+ years of experience in quality assurance, systems testing, hardware validation, or a related engineering discipline, including ownership of complex test plans and product releases.
Compensation
- $153k-$210k
Benefits
- We offer a collegial culture, challenging projects, and excellent compensation and benefits, not to mention every other Friday off.
- You will also serve as a key technical interface with external hardware partners and help advance practical AI-assisted QA tools that improve test efficiency and coverage.
- Provide technical leadership for multiple concurrent programs and communicate test status, coverage, defects, quality risks, dependencies, and schedule impacts to engineering and business stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities to improve test efficiency and coverage through appropriate scripting, automation, data analysis, AI-assisted workflows, and custom QA tools, while maintaining strong hands-on system validation.
- Experience with Digital Cinema technologies and workflows such as DCP, MXF, JPEG 2000, Dolby Vision, HDR, DCI color workflows, cinema servers, integrated media blocks, projection systems, 3D, or multi-projector systems.
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