Hiring: QA Manager, Cinema Technology Company: Dolby Laboratories Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-02 17:58:49 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords: QA Management, Cinema Technology, Test Strategy, Test Planning, Lab Readiness, System Configuration, Risk Assessment, Release-Quality Reporting, Imaging Products, Projectors, Cinema Servers, Networking, AI-Assisted QA Tools, Team Leadership, Hardware Labs Experience: - Proven experience managing teams of technical test engineers, providing both management and technical oversight - Experience supervising, planning, guiding, and directing teams operationally and tactically to meet project objectives of schedule, quality, and budget - Experience planning resource needs for teams, including preparing headcount and equipment budgets - Experience growing (hiring) and mentoring teams as project demands require - Experience partnering with QA teams across the company and working closely with engineering entities in different geographies - Experience developing and implementing QA strategies and end-to-end test ownership for high-priority cinema video and audio products, from early development through release readiness - Experience developing comprehensive test plans, test cases, test matrices, and release criteria based on product requirements, architecture, technical risk, customer use cases, and field configurations - Experience providing technical leadership for multiple concurrent programs and communicating test status, coverage, defects, quality risks, dependencies, and schedule impacts to engineering and business stakeholders - Experience collaborating across QA, imaging engineering, systems engineering, product management, program management, operations, and field teams in a fast-paced product development environment - Experience designing, setting up, configuring, documenting, and maintaining cinema hardware labs and test environments involving projectors, cinema servers/integrated media blocks, network systems, measurement equipment, and supporting infrastructure - Experience serving as a key technical interface with external hardware partners - Experience advancing practical AI-assisted QA tools that improve test efficiency and coverage Required Skills: - QA strategy development and end-to-end test ownership - Test plan, test case, test matrix, and release criteria development - Technical leadership for multiple concurrent programs - Risk assessment and release-quality reporting - Cinema hardware lab design, setup, configuration, documentation, and maintenance - System configuration involving projectors, cinema servers/integrated media blocks, networking, and measurement equipment - Cross-functional collaboration with engineering, product, program, operations, and field teams - External hardware partner technical interfacing - AI-assisted QA tools for test efficiency and coverage - Team management, mentoring, and hiring - Resource planning and budget preparation Qualifications: - Demonstrated ability to manage and technically oversee teams of test engineers - Strong understanding of cinema imaging products and integrated theatrical systems - Ability to work hands-on with regular on-site work in hardware labs - Excellent communication skills for reporting test status, coverage, defects, quality risks, dependencies, and schedule impacts to engineering and business stakeholders - Ability to thrive in a fast-paced product development environment - Experience working with geographically distributed engineering teams Compensation: - Excellent compensation and benefits - Flex Work approach that is truly flexible to support where, when, and how you do your best work Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!