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Form of workJoin 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's consumer entertainment and cinema businesses are bringing Dolby's breakthrough technologies, powering the world's top movies, TV shows, music, games, and live sports to more places around the world across a wider range of consumer experiences and devices.
FPGA Intern
SUMMARY
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, you'll 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. We're 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 great learning opportunities.
An internship in the Dolby University program is a great opportunity to kick start your professional career, meet like-minded early career colleges, and harness your talents to contribute to the success of a best-in-class world renowned brand.
The Cinema team in Dolby is responsible for designing Dolby's professional products for Cinema Exhibition and Post Production. As a Cinema intern, you will work with new cutting-edge display and audio systems used in Cinema and Post-production. Bring your creativity and passion to help build the future of the cinematic entertainment experience.
RESPONSIBILITIES
As an FPGA intern you will be working with Dolby's Cinema playback server product line, developing and validating image processing IP sub-components in the video and audio pipelines, whilst targeting the latest families of FPGA devices.
You will be involved in a digital design life cycle involving -
- Conceptualization (block diagram, etc.)
- Micro-architecture design
- Design RTL coding (VHDL, System Verilog)
- Test bench creation
- Running functional simulations
- Implementation of the design on a target FPGA device, including writing timing constraints and ensuring timing closure
- Programming the target FPGA device
- Validating your design on the hardware
Dolby's Cinema products are of the highest quality. As such, an important aspect of your work will be to ensure that your designs are both fully functional and robust. Design documentation, good coding guidelines, self-checking functional simulation, automation, code coverage are a few examples of the methods that we use to ensure that quality. You will be required to contribute to maintain these high standards.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Familiarity with RTL design principles
- Familiarity with RTL language (VHDL / Verilog / System Verilog)
- Some experience with RTL Simulators (Questa/Modelsim preferably)
- Some experience with scripting languages (shell, Python)
- Experience with System Verilog for verification is a major plus
- Exposure to FPGA design projects is a plus
- Basic knowledge of image processing is a plus
- Some experience with Matlab is a plus
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 or Master's degree in Computer Science, EE or Engineering; recent grads who are within 6 months of graduation are also eligible to apply. Must be available to work full-time Monday - Friday for 3 months between May/June 2024 - December 2024.
Start date for the internship is as follows: (*note* these dates are not flexible)
- Monday, May 20, 2024
- Monday, June 3, 2024
- Monday, June 17, 2024
The San Francisco/Bay Area base hourly range for this internship position is $35-40/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.
