Dolby Careers Senior Forensic Engineer

Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future. At Dolby science meets art and high tech means more than computer code. As a member of the Dolby team youll see and hear the results of your work everywhere from movie theaters to smartphones. We continue to revolutionize how people create deliver and enjoy entertainment worldwide. To do that we need the absolute best talent. Were big enough to give you all the resources you need and small enough so you can make a real difference and earn recognition for your work. We offer a collegial culture challenging projects and excellent compensation and benefits.

For this high functioning team the nature of the work benefits from frequent in-office presence and employees may be expected to work from a company office up to four days per week. While we remain committed to flexibility this teams rhythm includes regular in-person connection to support collaboration learning and impact.

TheLegalDepartment provides core legal support to all Dolby functions runs several IP-centric businesses and leads government relations.

Based out of our San Francisco headquarters and reporting to the Forensic Engineering Manager the Senior Forensic Engineer is a key member of the technical team responsible for global compliance and enforcement. The role works closely with the IP Protection group to promote compliance and help prevent licensing and trademark infringement in the market. Responsibilities include strategic analysis of available information guiding field audits and enforcement activities and serving as a technical resource across the broader IPP organization and external partners.

Essential Job Functions:

Product Testing and Analysis

• Test consumer electronics mobile devices PCs automotive infotainment systems broadcast equipment and software for use of Dolby technologies and potential infringement.
• Conduct detailed forensic analysis including teardown component identification signalflow tracing and multimedia framework evaluation.
• Analyze Android and iOS devices and applications for compliance with Dolby technology requirements and ecosystem standards.
• Lead crossfunctional investigations into suspected infringement coordinating with engineering legal compliance and external partners.
• Research identify procure and test samples to detect infringement validate technology usage and gather intelligence.
• Use AIassisted tools to support product classification metadata extraction pattern detection and largescale data review.

Audit Support

• Preaudit analysis: Conduct strategic product and technology reviews of licensees and related entities including crosssales diligence and ecosystem mapping.
• Provide inperson and remote technical support during audit fieldwork including product verification sample and specification testing and technical guidance to auditors.
• Postaudit analysis: Perform detailed product testing and technology assessments to support negotiation enforcement actions and remediation planning.
• Identify and implement process improvements including automation opportunities to improve accuracy scalability and efficiency across global compliance workflows.
• Use AIenabled data analysis to identify trends anomalies and systemic noncompliance across product categories and markets.

Technical Leadership and CrossFunctional Enablement

• Serve as a senior technical resource across the IPP organization providing expertise on Dolby technologies product architectures and compliance risks.
• Train compliance and audit personnel on Dolby technologies forensic testing methodologies and AIassisted analysis tools.
• Support the development of team members through mentoring and technical review as needed.
• Support litigation activities related to technology and product analysis when required.
• Collaborate with global compliance teams auditors and external partners to support consistent and effective enforcement practices.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Five or more years of experience in reverse engineering compliance engineering failure investigation or intellectual property protection.
• Strong working knowledge of audio codecs multimedia frameworks and consumer electronics architectures.
• Experience with product teardown hardware analysis and identification of key electrical components.
• Experience using scripting or automation tools (e.g. Python) to streamline analysis.
• Familiarity with AIassisted analysis tools or demonstrated ability to adopt AIdriven workflows.
• Strong analytical skills including experience with data analysis trend identification and largescale information review.
• Ability to work independently across multiple projects with geographically distributed teams and communicate complex technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders.
• Ability to travel internationally on an occasional basis.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience testing consumer audio and video products such as TVs settop boxes mobile phones tablets PCs or automotive systems.
• Experience with software analysis reverseengineering tools or embedded systems debugging.
• Experience evaluating thirdparty intellectual property or technology licensing compliance.
• Understanding of consumer electronics connectivity and signal flow.
• Experience using AI or machinelearning tools for classification clustering or anomaly detection.
• Interest in music audio/video production recording engineering game or film audio or video technologies.

The San Francisco/Bay Area base salary range for this full-time position is $137000 - $188000which can vary if outside this locationplus bonus benefits and some roles may also include equity. Our salary ranges are determined by role level and location. Within the range individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including job-related skills competencies experience market demands internal parity and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range and perks and benefits for your location during the hiring process.

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

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Dolby is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our success depends on the combined skills and talents of all our employees. We are 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.