Sonos Transducer Design Innovation with Onshape

This case study details the collaboration between Sonos and Onshape in the development of innovative transducer designs. Sonos aimed to enhance its product offerings while adhering to high sound quality standards and facilitating scalable mass production. Utilizing Onshape’s cloud-native platform, the Sonos hardware team improved their design processes, achieving faster iteration cycles and enhanced collaboration among dispersed team members. The study outlines how Onshape's features, such as branching and merging, real-time accessibility, and version control, significantly reduced design time and increased design capacity without additional engineering resources. The case study also highlights the acquisition of Mayht Holding BV, which contributed revolutionary transducer technology that allowed Sonos to reimagine audio design. The integration of this technology enabled the team to produce high-quality sound solutions efficiently. Overall, the collaboration with Onshape has been instrumental in advancing Sonos' engineering capabilities and fostering a culture of innovation.