Dolby Careers Staff QA Engineer Cinema Imaging

As a Staff QA Engineer in the Dolby Cinema QA group you will provide senior test leadership for next-generation cinema imaging products and integrated theatrical systems. This is a highly hands-on role requiring regular on-site work in Dolbys San Francisco hardware labs.

You will own test strategy planning lab readiness system configuration execution risk assessment and release-quality reporting across complex imaging programs involving projectors cinema servers networking and related infrastructure.

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead QA strategy and end-to-end test ownership for high-priority cinema imagingproducts from early development through release readiness.

• Design set up configure document andmaintaincinema hardware labs and test environments involving projectors cinema servers/integratedmedia blocksnetwork systems measurement equipment and supporting infrastructure.

• Perform hands-onfunctional 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 includingcalibrationimage 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.

• Provide technical leadership for multiple concurrent programs and communicate test status coverage defects quality risks dependencies and schedule impacts to engineering and business stakeholders.

• 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-companycoordination.

• Produce high-quality defect reports and lead defect triage root-cause investigation reproduction prioritization and verification of fixes.

• MentorQA engineers and provide technical direction on imaging test design lab practices troubleshooting and quality decision-making.

• Identifyopportunities to improve test efficiency and coverage throughappropriate scripting automation data analysis AI-assisted workflows and custom QA tools whilemaintainingstrong hands-on system validation.

• Collaborate across QA imaging engineering systems engineering product management program management operations and field teams in a fast-paced product development environment.

Requirements

• Minimum7 years of experience in quality assurance systems testing hardware validation or a related engineering discipline including ownership of complex test plans and product releases.

• Demonstrated experience leading QA for video imaging projection display media broadcast cinema or other complexhardware-softwaresystems.

• Strong hands-on lab experience configuringoperating testing and troubleshooting integrated systems that include devices such as projectors video servers audio processors amplifiers networking equipment and measurement tools.

• Proven experience of implementingandmaintainingscalable and reusable Python basedtest automation frameworks/tools/tests using various tools/libraries likePytest Seleniumetcusing Python.

• Proven experience integrating test automation tool/frameworks within CI/CD pipeline hosted on Gitlab CI Electric Flow or similar

• Deep understanding of digital imaging and video fundamentals including video formats color spaces transfer functions media containers signal paths HDMI and/or SDI image processing and picture-quality evaluation.

• Experience with Digital Cinema technologies and workflows such as DCP MXF JPEG 2000Dolby Vision HDR DCI color workflowscinema servers integratedmedia blocks projection systems 3D or multi-projector systems.

• Experience using video and image analysis tools HDMI/SDI analyzers or frame grabbers test-pattern generators scopes color-measurement equipment playback/capture devices or equivalent lab instrumentation.

• Proven ability to design and execute system-level integration interoperability regression performance reliability negative and upgrade testing across hardware and software boundaries.

• Excellent troubleshooting skills and a logical structured approach to isolating complex issues involving hardware firmware software networking content timing and configuration.

• Experience working with external technology partners or suppliers on test alignmentissueescalation defect resolution and release-quality decisions.

• Strong leadership ownership planning prioritization and communication skills with the ability to manage multiple high-priority programs and clearly communicate quality risk to senior stakeholders.

• Proficiencywith Linux/UNIX and Windows operating systems command-line tools logs network troubleshooting and common protocols such as TCP/IP SSH NTP FTP HTTP SNMP andSOAP/RESTweb services.

• Familiarity withsoftware-developmentand QA practices including Agile development source control code reviews defect tracking test-case management release processes and product life cycles.

• Ability to work regularly on-site in the San Francisco office to support hardware laboratories and physical cinema test systems.

Preferred Experience

• Experience testing cinema projectors laser-illumination systems high-brightness displays projection optics six-primary or stereoscopic 3D systems or other advanced imaging architectures.

• Experience with Dolby Cinema Dolby Vision Christie projection systems or comparable premium cinema and professional imaging products.

• Knowledge of JPEG 2000 HD-SDI HDMI DCP MXFDolby VisionPQ DCI color specifications display calibration and image-quality metrics.

• Experience managing multiple hardware labs or shared test environments including equipment readiness configuration control documentation and scheduling.

• Working knowledge of Python andPyTestor similar scripting tools for targeted test utilities data collection analysis or regression support.

• Experience developing or adopting AI-assisted QA tools custom agents or data-driven workflows to improve test design defect analysis coverage or reporting.

• Bachelors orMasters degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science Imaging Science ora relatedtechnical field.

Knowledge of These Tools Is Required

• Unix/Linux

• PythonPyTest

• Jira

• qTest

• Git Perforce

• AI Tools (ClaudeMS Copilot Copilot StudioGithubCopilot)

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