**We are open to both Permanent and Contract applications for this position**
About us At MediaKind, we understand the power of media and how it is evolving. It runs in our DNA. It’s our passion.
Fuelled by deep innovation, we have a single goal in mind: to enable our customers to create and deliver immersive media experiences that enrich life.
We provide end-to-end video products for our customers, ranging from market-leading TV platforms, to cloud DVR solutions and video decoding. Our 1700+ employees are based in 29 locations all over the world such as France, the UK, India, China, Israel, United States and more.
We welcome pioneers and entrepreneurs who want to be heard. Your individual voice will be amplified; after all, we are media-kind of people.
About the role
Our R&D center located in Rennes is looking for a talented Video Compression Engineer to strengthen its engineering product development activity.
As part of the experimented Video Codec Scrum team, you will contribute to develop advanced video compression and pre-processing features that will be embedded into the MediaKind software transcoding solutions for Live and On-Demand services.
You will directly report to the Video Codec line manager, whose team also works on a variety of cutting-edge video technologies, such as evaluation and design of future video compression standards.
Key aspects of your role
- Design and develop advanced video compression and pre-processing features into MediaKind Video Codec SW component (C-C++/Linux)
- Propose tracks to improve video quality, coding efficiency and run-time performances of our SW video encoders
- Consolidate the outcomes into written reports Able to defend the video quality results in front of MediaKind’s video compression experts
- Drive complex problem solving (e.g. video quality issue investigations, able to define mid to long term study and development plan)
- Follow development quality practices in place at MediaKind: this includes test automation and strategy, coding rules, peer reviews and continuous improvement
- Produce clear technical documentation and presentation of the new features
About you
In a Video Compression Engineer, we are seeking a talented and motivated engineer with a Masters Degree or Ph.D in Signal Processing, or Image/Video Signal Compression related engineering disciplines.
Your core expertise & experience will include a minimum of 5 years’ experience as a software engineer in the digital TV, or Telecom industry, working in an Agile environment.
As an experienced Video Compression Engineer, your technical skill-set & experience will cover the following:
- Expert in video codec design and compression standards (e.g. MPEG-2, H.264/AVC, HEVC/H265, SHVC)
- Highly skilled in image/video processing (e.g. spatio-temporal filtering/denoising, deinterlacing, rescaling, image analysis, tone-mapping, etc.).
- Mastering C/C++ development under Linux, and other scripting languages such as Python or Perl
- Experience in Grid computing
- Good knowledge of Software Configuration Management (Git) and automated tests management (Jenkins, pipeline)
- Good spirit of synthesis and ability to present his work in public
- Familiar with Agile methodologies (SCRUM, Kanban)
As a MediaKind person, you’ll also need to be a good communicator in both French and English (other languages also desirable) and be a collaborative, engaging team player.
In addition, you should be adept at solving complex problems and identifying solutions to best fit the teams needs.
Location
Our R&D Centre is based in Rennes, however, for candidates outside of the Rennes area, we will consider remote working. You will need to be able to travel to our Rennes when required.
For more information visit www.mediakind.com
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