DSP Software Engineer

We build highdefinition, multichannel audio experiences that set industry standards. Our products stream all the music on earth, throughout the home, wirelessly-and your work will help ensure the system remains simple, elegant, and robust.

Location: Boston, MA or Seattle, WA

Our mission is to advance the Sonos audio pipeline through bold innovation in DSP, machine learning, and embedded systems, creating seamless sound experiences that power Sonos' role as the essential platform for home entertainment. Working in close partnership with the Sound Experience, Trueplay and Headphone DSP teams, we design and deliver algorithms across audio, voice, and sensor domains-spanning both traditional DSP and cuttingedge machine learning.

As an DSP Software Engineer on the Player DSP team, you'll contribute to the audio processing, DSP, and rendering software that powers every Sonos product. You will work across lowlevel embedded systems, realtime signal processing, and audio platform architecture to deliver highperformance audio experiences.

This role is ideal for an earlycareer engineer (IC1/IC2) who is passionate about audio, DSP, embedded systems, and developing reliable, wellstructured software. You should be comfortable working in Rust and C, eager to learn, and excited to develop features that directly impact how millions of listeners experience sound.

• Implement, extend, and maintain modular realtime audio and DSP components in Rust and C.

• Contribute to integrating and optimizing machine learning models for audio, including classification, enhancement, or spatial processing workloads on embedded platforms.

• Collaborate on the design of hard realtime software architectures for audio pipelines.

• Help integrate new multichannel audio formats, codecs, and DSP algorithms into Sonos platforms.

• Work with senior engineers to solve audio routing, timing, and synchronization challenges across wireless networks.

• Develop unit tests using GTest or Rust testing frameworks and contribute to continuous integration.

• Debug complex issues that may span DSP algorithms, embedded RTOS/Linux systems, wireless audio transport, or hardware interactions.

• Implement and document clean, maintainable, portable software that can run across processors and operating environments.

• Exposure to or interest in machine learning for audio (e.g., model inference on embedded systems, audio feature extraction, basic ML/DSP hybrid techniques).

• 0-3 years of experience in embedded software, DSP, or systems programming (industry, academic, or projectbased experience).

• Proficiency in Rust and C programming.

• Foundational understanding of digital signal processing concepts (filtering, sampling, latency, numeric representation, etc.).

• Exposure to realtime systems, embedded Linux, or RTOS environments.

• Familiarity with multichannel audio concepts, streaming formats, or codecs (e.g., AAC, FLAC, Opus, Atmos) is a plus.

• Ability to write unit tests and design for testability.

• Strong problemsolving skills and willingness to work handson at all layers of the audio stack.

• Interest in audio technology, DSP, music, or consumer hardware.

• Experience implementing or deploying machine learning models for audio (e.g., noise suppression, beamforming, sound classification, spatial audio ML techniques).

• Experience with performance benchmarking on embedded hardware.

• Coursework or project experience in wireless networking, timing, or synchronization.

• Exposure to source control and issue-tracking systems (e.g., Git, Jira, Perforce).

• Experience with performance benchmarking on embedded hardware.

• Coursework or project experience in wireless networking, timing, or synchronization.

• Exposure to source control and issuetracking systems (e.g., Git, Jira, Perforce).

You'll work closely with engineers across DSP, acoustics, hardware, system software, and application layers-gaining deep experience in both embedded systems and audio technology. You'll help shape features that define the listening experience for millions of customers and contribute to a collaborative engineering culture built around growth, curiosity, and innovation.

Research shows that some candidates may not apply for roles if they don't meet all the criteria. If you don't have 100% of the skills listed, we strongly encourage you to apply if interested.

Visa Sponsorship: Sonos is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role at this time. We ask that applicants be authorized to work for any US employer, both now and in the future.

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The base pay range for this role based off geographic location is:

The specific pay offered will depend on the candidate's geographic location, as well as qualifications and experience. We apply geographic pay differentials based on the cost of labor in the market. Employees in high-cost locations may be compensated at the upper end of the range, while those in medium or low cost markets may be compensated at the lower end of the range. Your recruiter can provide more details about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

Please note that compensation details listed in US job postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

We also offer a comprehensive benefits program with choice and flexibility in mind to help support the health, wealth, and overall well-being of our employees. Regular full time employees in the US are eligible for benefits on day one, including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

• A 401(k) plan with company matching and immediate vesting

• An Open Time Off policy (OTO) so you have maximum opportunity to disconnect and recharge, with no tenure-based vacation accruals required

• 80 hours of sick time upon hire, refreshed annually

• Up to 12 paid holidays per calendar year

• Sonos offers a generous paid leave program for new parents or to care for a family member with a serious health condition, as well as short- and long-term disability for your own medical condition

• Company-paid Disability, Life, and AD&D Insurance

• Voluntary benefits, including Voluntary Life, AD&D, Accident, and Pet Insurance

• Mental health benefits to support your holistic well-being

• A generous employee discount program & Sonos Radio HD - on us!

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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