Job Description

Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future. The Dolby U internship program offers impactful, project-based work experience in a collaborative, creative environment where you work side by side with industry leaders. Amplify your insatiable curiosity by implementing real-world solutions that revolutionize how people communicate and how entertainment is created, delivered, and enjoyed worldwide. We offer a collegial culture, challenging projects, and excellent compensation and benefits, not to mention a Flex Work approach that is truly flexible to support where, when, and how you do your best work. For any student seeking to gain invaluable expertise through meaningful, personal contributions, we invite you to join us in continuing to design a future where technology meets entertainment!

Dolby.io is a new developer platform by Dolby Labs that puts decades of Dolby sight and sound technology into the hands of developers to deliver quality in real-time streaming, communications, and media processing solutions — at scale. The platform includes a powerful suite of self-service APIs, SDKs, and sample apps that enable developers to easily deploy real-time streaming services with sub-second latency, integrate audio/video chat functionality into their apps, and add media processing capabilities into existing workflows to enhance the quality of audio and video files. With its accessibility, ease of use, and best-in-class audio innovation, Dolby.io is powering the future of immersive, interactive, and social online experiences that rival real world experiences.

Summary:

Join Dolby Laboratories in exploring the intersection of science and virtual collaboration. This position is in the Dolby.io Communications API group and will work on samples for our Unity/Unreal plugins, as well as providing feedbacks to the product team. This role will involve the creation of virtual environment experience to demonstrate and test Dolby.io leading spatial audio and collaboration experience.

Responsibilities:

• Create, build and develop Unity and Unreal samples and demos that helps to showcase the Dolby.io Communications API capabilities.
• Investigate metaverse use cases that present opportunities for enhanced collaboration, virtual events and engagement.
• Provide feedbacks to the product team on how to improve the API, developer experience.
  
  

Qualifications:

Candidates should have these skills and background:

• Be working towards a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in computer science, neuroscience, cognitive sciences, or an advanced art/media degree with a strong technical focus.
• Demonstrated success in creation of computer and gaming media such as gaming environments and engines.
• An understanding and interest in scientific research and experimental design, hypothesis testing, and collection of perceptual data.
• Analytical skills and the ability to manipulate, visualize, and extract meaning from diverse data sets.
• Working knowledge of computer languages, development environments, and content creation tools.
  
  

We recognize that applying to internships can be a daunting process, especially if you have not had any previous internships, or if this is a new field of interest to you. Even if you do not have previous professional experience to meet the listed qualifications, we will consider relevant project, volunteer, and extracurricular experiences, and we encourage you to include them on your resume and apply.

Eligibility:

Working towards a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in computer science, neuroscience, cognitive sciences, or an advanced art/media degree with a strong technical focus, or a related field; recent grads within 6 months of graduation are eligible to apply. Must be available to work full-time Monday–Friday for 3 months starting from May/June 2023.

Start date for the internship is as follows: (*note* this date is not flexible)

• Monday, May 22, 2023
• Monday, June 5, 2023
• Monday, June 19, 2023
  
  

The San Francisco/Bay Area base hourly range for this internship position is $45 - $50/hr., and can vary if outside of this location. Our hourly 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, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific hourly 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.

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