Senior Video Standards Engineer, Audio & Media Technologies

Role Number: 200625867-0836

Summary

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. In 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.

Description

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.

You 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.

This position requires travel.

Minimum Qualifications

• Knowledgeable in video compression and the multimedia field in general, including 3D visual information coding.

• Good 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.

• Able to develop, analyze, propose and refine new algorithms and techniques; help develop Apples intellectual property position with inventions and filings.

• Experienced in key multimedia specifications from AOM, ISO, ITU, SMPTE, etc.

• Familiar with software development tools including Xcode, Git etc.

• Proficient in practical software development and able to contribute to large codebases e.g. of reference software (C, C++).

• Excellent writing, speaking, presentation and other interpersonal skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Awareness of the interaction of intellectual property and standards.

• Curiosity and interest in new technologies and ideas especially pertaining to multimedia.

• Excellent judgement and integrity with the ability to make timely and sound decisions.

• Self-motivation and creative and critical thinking capabilities.

• Strong Collaboration Skills

• The ability to prioritize, drive and supervise initiatives.

• M.S. or higher in EE/CE/CS with a focus in software engineering and or signal processing