Video Codec Research Engineer - Platform Architecture

Cupertino,California,United States

Hardware

Do you love crafting elegant solutions to highly complex challenges? Are you a big-picture visionary who understands how each element affects all the others? At Apple, our Architecture group is responsible for connecting our hardware and software into one unified system. In this team, you will have the opportunity to work on video codec standardization with a product angle; you will collaborate both with Apple’s video codec architects, software and hardware engineers, and also with cross-company standardization organizations to ensure that the gains promised by the future video compression standards will be achievable in real-life power constrained products such as laptops, phones and watches. You will work with the video codec architects to develop novel algorithms to solve complex encoder search space optimization problems.

Description

As a Video Codec Research Engineer, you will have responsibilities spanning various aspects of video codec standardization and deployment: • Develop methods for assessing and benchmarking complexity for future video codec standardization • Participate in the next generation compression technology standardization to define and design complexity and cost reduction techniques and hardware-friendly algorithms • Develop new video encoder algorithms suitable for hardware implementations, such as search space pruning, rate estimation, motion estimation, mode decision, rate-distortion optimization, perceptual quality optimization • Develop scripts and automation for codec complexity evaluation, and conduct video complexity evaluations

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE

• Experience in video codec research and/or standardization

• Experience with modern coding standards such as HEVC, VVC and AV1

• C/C++ coding skills

Key Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters/PhD degree in CS/EE

• 5+ years of experience in video codec research and/or standardization

• Expert knowledge of existing video coding standards including H.264, HEVC, VVC, AV1

• Up-to-date knowledge with the state-of-the-art video compression research and upcoming formats such as AV2

• Expert knowledge of digital signal processing and information theory and its applications to video compression

• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python and/or shell

• Strong coding skills in C/C++ Experience in writing scientific papers and/or standards proposals

Education & Experience

Additional Requirements

Pay & Benefits

• At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $143,100 and $264,200, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation.Learn more (https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html) about Apple Benefits.Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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