Senior Video Standards Engineer, Audio & Media Technologies

Do you want to shape the future of technology and multimedia? Apple's Multimedia Engineering team is looking for a video standards engineer who will represent the voice of Apple Multimedia in standards bodies around the world.\\nIn this role, you will join a small team that is responsible for Apple's engagement with several standards developing organizations including Alliance for Open Media (AOM), ITU, MPEG, 3GPP, and others. You will investigate and develop new media technologies collaborate with other teams within Apple in such development and then engage with these organizations for their standardization. \\n

As a video standards engineer, you will be a member of a team that represents Apple in the international standards' community. In this role you will be providing a clear position on our analysis of ongoing standards, refining and commenting on work in progress, proposing and driving to completion Apples initiatives and in general, steering the work to develop the field in line with Apple's vision and values. You may also represent Apple at standardization calls and meeting, integrating the feedback of the Apple community on the ongoing work and representing that at meetings. \n\nYou will engage with various standards bodies, including the Alliance for Open Media, MPEG, 3GPP, ITU etc. and you will be involved in the development of new 2D and 3D multimedia standards. \n\nThis position requires travel. \n

Knowledgeable in video compression and the multimedia field in general, including 3D visual information coding. \nGood knowledge of the development of international standards, especially those pertaining to video/multimedia compression. Experienced in developing sophisticated video compression technologies such as MPEG-4 AVC, HEVC, VVC, or AOMedia's AV1 adn AV2 helpful. Track record of effective participation. \nAble to develop, analyze, propose and refine new algorithms and techniques; help develop Apples intellectual property position with inventions and filings. \nExperienced in key multimedia specifications from AOM, ISO, ITU, SMPTE, etc.\nFamiliar with software development tools including Xcode, Git etc. \nProficient in practical software development and able to contribute to large codebases e.g. of reference software (C, C++).\nExcellent writing, speaking, presentation and other interpersonal skills. \n

Awareness of the interaction of intellectual property and standards.\n\nCuriosity and interest in new technologies and ideas especially pertaining to multimedia. \nExcellent judgement and integrity with the ability to make timely and sound decisions.\nSelf-motivation and creative and critical thinking capabilities. \nStrong Collaboration Skills\nThe ability to prioritize, drive and supervise initiatives. \nM.S. or higher in EE/CE/CS with a focus in software engineering and or signal processing\n