Staff Research Engineer Video

Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future. At Dolby science meets art and high tech means more than computer code. As a member of the Dolby team youll see and hear the results of your work everywhere from movie theaters to smartphones. We continue to revolutionize how people create deliver and enjoy entertainment worldwide. To do that we need the absolute best talent. Were big enough to give you all the resources you need and small enough so you can make a real difference and earn recognition for your work. We offer a collegial culture challenging projects and excellent compensation and benefits.

Job Summary

You will bring your experience in video coding and processing technology development to Dolbys video codec R&D team. You will research and develop cutting edge technologies at the intersections between deep learning and video compression and processing. As a prerequisite for your work you have either strong knowledge of video coding standards (AVC HEVC VVC etc. and deep learning in the context of image and video processing. Your solid understanding of tradeoffs between computational complexity and picture quality will guide you in decisions. You will research and develop new algorithms to improve video coding systems develop proofofconcept prototypes and evaluate endtoend system performance.

You should have excellent software design problem solving and debugging skills. You will join a highly skilled and motivated team to research and develop advanced video processing technologies to improve the quality efficiency and capabilities of video coding.

Job Functions

• Works with a general understanding of competitive technologies in the area of focus.
• Works to understand the system context in which new technologies will be used and the requirements that the technology must fulfill for success.
• Creates earlystage 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 technical white papers etc. Presents standards contributions and conference papers at various venues (JVET/MPEG meetings IEEE conferences etc).
• May represent company technology interests in industry associations or 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.

Skills Education and Experience Required

• Masters or Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering computer engineering or computer science or related engineering disciplines required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in developing algorithms for video compression or deep learning systems.
• Solid research background in video or image coding and processing.
• Experience in spearheading R&D in learningbased and other emerging new media technologies.
• Track record of successful research accomplishments published papers and/or patent applications in the field of video coding and processing.
• Experience in filing patents of newly developed technologies.
• Prior participation in standardization activities with experience in drafting and defending contributions preferred.
• Indepth understanding of pre/postprocessing algorithms including implementation aspects.
• Extensive programming experience in C/C applied to image/video coding/processing is required.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills. Strong team player with ability to work independently.
• Available and willing to travel internationally.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Dolby is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our success depends on the combined skills and talents of all our employees. We are committed to making employment decisions without regard to race religious creed color age sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin religion marital status family status medical condition disability military service pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal state and local laws and ordinances.

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