Principle Duties / Responsibilities:

In this role, you will lead manufacturing and production optimisation initiatives for several high-profile products from early-stage development through mass production and sustaining engineering phases. As a leader within our development team, you will build and maintain positive working relationships between technical teams, contract manufacturing partners and business/product owners to deliver on strategic product development and sustaining initiatives.

A successful Senior Manufacturing Engineer is energetic, detail oriented, motivated and an excellent communicator. They should be familiar with the different stages of product development, manufacturing, project management methodologies and working with contract manufacturing partners to create best-in-class consumer electronic devices.

The successful applicant is:

• Able to analyse production processes, schedules, methods and other data to provide management with justified recommendations for improving various manufacturing process.
• Focused on continuous production improvement opportunities
• Able to review and calculate labor, material and other production costs to identify areas of cost reduction and improve manufacturing efficiencies
• Well versed in quality control processes identifies areas for improvements in quality control.
• Excited to champion colour variation, limited edition and sustaining engineering related efforts to further promote and improve our growing line of PlayStation products
• Experienced in manufacturing, process engineering, logistics, strategic component sourcing, risk mitigation and/or supply chain management.
• Results oriented with attention to detail and a strategic long-term planning perspective
• Proficient at addressing various partners from individual contributors, up through senior leadership.
• Technically proficient and has prior contract manufacturing partner management experience.
• A liaison to vendors and technical teams to design, develop and deliver products on time and within budget
• Familiar with product lifecycle management methodologies and tools such as Arena

Required Knowledge / Skills:

• Self-motivated with incredible attention to detail
• Deep understanding of manufacturing methodologies related to consumer electronic device production
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be inventive and seek solutions through information gathering, partner discussions, and/or judgment calls
• Experience in the video game industry is not required, but interest and passion for gaming, digital entertainment, consumer electronics, and technology is a plus

Qualifications:

Required Experience / Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in engineering related fields preferred.
• 7+ years of validated experience in product development or manufacturing related roles with a strong background of supporting the development of new consumer electronic devices
• Led overseas manufacturing partners in planning and performing development builds and new product development stages
• Capable of leading development schedules, production planning and materials readiness efforts to meet product development landmarks.
• Coordinating production readiness with engineering, operations, and internal/external teams
• Optimise production and throughput
• Proficient with multiple software platforms such as MS Office, Confluence, Jira

Working Conditions:

• Strategically located in Taiwan to better support our Asia manufacturing supply chain and Tokyo team member interactions
• International travel required. Estimated 15 - 20%
• Individual Contributor: Does not have direct supervisory responsibilities nor budgetary or hiring accountabilities

Software Engineer II - Android Security

San Diego, CA

You will be a key member of our Portal team, developing the core OS for our next-generation platform to enhance the PlayStation ecosystem. Contribute to the evolution of mobile gaming and entertainment for millions of users worldwide.

Responsibilities: 

• Build and integrate firmware and frameworks across device teams to enhance efficiency and collaboration.

• Drive the development of DRM and security solutions for mobile and media apps.

• Bring up Android on new hardware.

• Collaborate closely with international teams of UI designers and product managers (USA, Japan, UK) to translate requirements into a secure device platform.

• Represent the team in technical forums by presenting designs, sharing knowledge, and contributing insights to other Sony software development groups.

• Identify performance bottlenecks and craft solutions to improve customer delight.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5+ years of experience in developing Android, SELinus, embedded systems, and firmware interfaces.

• Familiarity with isolation technologies such as Arm TrustZone, secure monitor, or memory protection.

• Experience with implementing WideVine and PlayReady DRM.  

• Background in secure boot, key provisioning, firmware hardening, and trusted computing.

• Solid understanding of firmware attack surfaces: fault injection, code injection, privilege escalation.

• Experience with advanced attack surfaces like side-channel or fault attacks.

• Proficiency in C++ and Android / AOSP (Java/Kotlin and Android Studio) development.

Desired Qualifications:

• Exposure to TPMs, Secure Elements, or hardware-backed crypto modules.

Senior Embedded Firmware Engineer

We are building a small team of versatile and enthusiastic leaders to create new products for the PlayStation community. Our team recently delivered the new PlayStation Link, PULSE Explore and PULSE Elite products, recently announced the FlexStrike and PULSE Elevate products, and are hard at work on what comes next. We need an experienced and innovative firmware engineer to help build and support our new products and features.

Come and play with us!

Responsibilities:

In this role, you will lead firmware development for high profile product development efforts. You will be responsible for technical leadership, system architecture, and execution across the firmware domain, working closely with internal teams and external partners.

• Own firmware architecture and design for embedded devices from concept through production
• Drive end-to-end firmware execution including development, integration, validation, and release
• Lead and mentor firmware engineers (internal and external partners) while remaining hands-on
• Develop and define communication protocols to enable peripheral functionality
• Design, implement, and scale low-latency RF/wireless communication protocols for embedded systems
• Architect structured, modular, and reusable firmware frameworks that scale across multiple platforms and product lines
• Ensure firmware designs support cross-platform reuse and long-term scalability
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and UX teams to define and deliver product requirements
• Establish and drive modern firmware development practices (code reviews, CI/CD, testing frameworks)
• Develop and manage hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and automated test systems
• Troubleshoot complex system-level issues across hardware, firmware, and RF domains
• Support manufacturing builds and coordinate firmware activities during product bring-up
• Support and enhance products post-launch
• Prototype new features on new hardware platforms

Skills:

• Strong embedded firmware development experience in C/C++
• Strong experience with RF/wireless systems (e.g., Bluetooth, low-latency audio, or similar technologies)
• Deep understanding of low-latency embedded systems and communication protocol design
• Proven ability to design scalable, reusable, and cross-platform firmware architectures
• Experience with ARM microcontrollers and low-power system design
• Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up and debugging (including RF/system-level issues)
• Experience implementing hardware-in-the-loop and automated testing
• Strong system-level thinking across hardware and software boundaries
• Ability to operate at both high-level system design and low-level implementation
• Proven ability to lead firmware efforts across teams and partners
• Experience with consumer electronics product development from concept through mass production
• Strong problem-solving and debugging skills

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 8 years of experience in embedded firmware development
• Demonstrated experience leading firmware development for shipped products
• Strong experience in RF/wireless or low-latency embedded systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Passion for gaming, digital entertainment, and consumer electronics is a plus

Nice to Have

• Experience with wireless audio or ultra-low latency systems
• Experience working with external development partners or ODMs
• Experience with kernel or driver development (Linux, Windows, or similar)
• Experience scaling engineering processes and mentoring teams

Working Conditions:

• Small team environment; feels like a start-up within a large organization!
• Travel (domestic and international) required. Estimated 15%

About the team: 

PlayStation Product Development is looking for a versatile and motivated Ecosystem Engineer to drive the development of PlayStation's growing hardware product ecosystem. Our PD team is working on future hardware products and gaming experiences around and beyond the console. 

The successful applicant is: 

• A self-motivator with initiative and a track record of getting things done and working through ambiguity. 

• Quick to understand and own the integration of new features and technologies into ecosystem products. 

• Used to working with remote and international engineering teams. 

• A strong troubleshooter and hands-on fixer. 

• Not necessarily always right, but always committed to make things right. 

• Curious and eager to learn new skills. 

• An engineer in mind, but a gamer at heart! 

Responsibilities: 

• Write and maintain PlayStation ecosystem product specifications and validation plans. 

• Lead product validation activities at external test labs. 

• Travel occasionally to work with test labs and internal/external engineering teams. 

Qualifications: 

• Proven track record with validation and qualification of consumer hardware products with software components. 

• Strong technical writing, analytical and problem-solving skills 

• Deep understanding of hardware/software system integration testing 

• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Jira 

• Leadership experience with small to medium projects 

• Able to work both independently and as part of a team 

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent. 

Working Conditions: 

• Agile team; feels like a start-up within a large organization 

• Hiring Location: San Mateo, remote considered 

• Travel (domestic and international) required. Estimated 10%-15% 

• Individual Contributor: Does not have direct supervisory responsibilities nor budgetary or hiring accountabilities 

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including color, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, birthing parent or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category.

We strive to build an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond.

PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment.

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Responsibilities:

The individual in this role will drive the mechanical design within the product development group. As a Staff Engineer, this individual will scale the capabilities of the team while building trust and relationships with internal and external partners. The responsibilities for the role include (but are not limited to):

• Developing mechanical architectures from the ground up

• Technical ownership of the overall system, sub-system(s), or individual components

• Leading the interactions with partner teams like industrial design, program management, operations, quality, and manufacturing partners

• Managing the detailed design, CAD database, design validation and issue tracking

• Anticipating and planning for future challenges in manufacturing

• Mapping out engineering activities and identifying dependencies

Skills:

• Strong foundation in the first principles of mechanical design and best practices

• Independent and self-motivated with outstanding communication skills

• Eager to be engaged at all stages of product development, from early concept to sustaining

• Experienced in building small consumer products in large volumes

• Deep understanding of the product development process and best practices

• Effective bridging from a small core team to management, executives, and partner organizations

• Comfortable mode-switching frequently between high level program strategy and management to detailed engineering implementation

• Hands on capability in creative prototyping approaches to rapidly build low and high-fidelity prototypes for design and functional assessment

Qualifications:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Bachelor’s degree in a related engineering field, or equivalent work experience

• 10+ years of experience leading mechanical design for high-volume small consumer products

• Experience in the video game industry is not required, but interest and passion for gaming experience, digital entertainment, consumer electronics, and technology is vital

Working Conditions:

• Small team environment that feels like a start-up within a large company

• Flexibility to work from home as needed within reason

• Travel (domestic and international) required. Estimated 15%

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