Staff Researcher, Video Coding Engineer

Dolby Laboratories is an entertainment technology company focused on advancing how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment. The Staff Researcher, Video Coding Engineer will research and develop advanced video compression and processing technologies, create prototypes, evaluate system performance, and contribute to standards, patents, and publications.

Responsibilities:

• Works with a general understanding of competitive technologies in video compression
• Works to understand the system context in which new technologies will be used and the requirements that the technology must fulfill for success
• Creates early-stage conceptual models that demonstrate feasibility
• Documents and presents new algorithms and implementations in various forms, including standards contributions, patent applications, conference and journal publications, presentations, and technical white papers at various venues (JVET/MPEG meetings, IEEE conferences, etc.)
• Represent company technology interests in industry associations or international standards bodies based on guidance from senior technical staff or management
• Maintain the highest technical and moral integrity for Dolby in the workplace and marketplace

Requirements:

• As a prerequisite for your work, you have expert knowledge of video coding standards (e.g., AVC, HEVC, and VVC) and strong understanding of deep learning in the context of image and video processing
• Your solid understanding of trade-offs between computational complexity and picture quality will guide you in decisions
• You must have expert knowledge of the principles, algorithms, and techniques in video and image processing, or machine learning, or computer vision technology
• You should have excellent software design, problem solving, and debugging skills
• Master's or Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science, or related engineering disciplines required
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in developing algorithms for video compression or learning-based visual computing
• Solid research background in video or image coding and processing
• Extensive programming experience in python/C/C++ applied to image/video coding/processing and experience with one or more deep learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow and PyTorch) is required
• Track record of successful research accomplishments, published papers, and/or patent applications in the field of video coding and processing
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
• Strong team player who also works effectively and independently
• Ability to work effectively across different time zones and cultures
• In-depth knowledge in development, training, testing, and computing platforms for deep learning (DL) and statistical machine learning (ML) preferred
• Experience in filing patents of newly developed technologies preferred
• Prior participation in standardization activities with experience in drafting and defending contributions preferred