Junior Embedded Software Development Engineer

About the role

As a Junior Embedded Software Engineer at Sonos, you'll contribute to the software that powers Sonos products and experiences. You'll work alongside experienced engineers to develop and maintain embedded software that helps deliver reliable playback, seamless device interaction, and high-quality customer experiences across the Sonos ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to embedded firmware development in C/C++ on Sonos products.
• Implement well-scoped features and bug fixes with guidance from senior engineers.
• Debug issues in embedded environments using logs, traces, and reproduction steps while developing root-cause analysis skills.
• Collaborate with teammates across software, hardware, QA, product, and other cross-functional teams to deliver reliable releases.
• Participate in code reviews and learn Sonos development and quality practices.
• Help improve maintainability and reliability through testing, tooling, automation, and incremental refactoring.
• Contribute to APIs, software integrations, and platform capabilities that support Sonos products and services.
• Support the development of new features and enhancements across the Sonos ecosystem.
• Learn and contribute to systems that enable music playback, device communication, partner integrations, and customer-facing experiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience with C/C++ through coursework, internships, co-ops, or professional experience.
• Exposure to embedded systems or firmware development through projects, internships, lab work, or early-career roles.
• Familiarity with embedded concepts such as memory constraints, concurrency, and real-time behaviors.
• Curiosity and strong learning aptitude with the ability to ramp up on unfamiliar systems and technologies.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git or Perforce.
• Willingness to engage with AI tools to support day-to-day workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience debugging on-device software using logs, tracing, and performance investigation techniques.
• Comfort working with APIs, SDKs, and protocol-level interactions.
• Basic understanding of networking concepts.
• Interest in audio, music, and consumer electronics.
• Experience working in a collaborative development environment using code reviews and CI/CD tooling.