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Video Codec Developer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Principal Duties and Responsibilities: • Applies Video and Computer Vision Engineering knowledge and experience to research and develop video codec and computer vision HW. • Designs, develops ...

Leverages advanced video and computer vision engineering knowledge and experience, along with AI/ML hardware acceleration expertise, to research and develop complex video codec, computer vision, and ...

... video codec internals (H.264, HEVC, VP9, or AV1), including coding units, entropy coding, and ... programming & Inter-process communication. · Good communication and problem-solving skills. · ...

Principal Duties and Responsibilities: • Applies Video and Computer Vision Engineering knowledge and experience to research and develop video codec and computer vision HW. • Designs, develops ...

Video AI Engineer

San Jose, CA · On-site

$137K - $275K/yr

What you can expect As a Video AI Engineer, you'll enhance video codec standards to improve real-time video quality and performance in Zoom products. Work across our stack, developing software ...

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Senior Staff Design Engineer

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

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Company Description

Real Communications, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company specialized in the design and sale of highly integrated semiconductor of communication and consumer electronic devices. The company is the leader of technologies in video compression, ADSL and VDSL which generate cost-effective and high performance solution for its customers. Real Communications, Inc. is headquartered at the center of Silicon Valley, San Jose, California.

We offer competitive salary, and comprehensive benefit package including Medical, Dental, Vision, LTD, Paid Time Off, and 401K. There are exciting opportunities for the right candidates to join the company with consistent growth. To find out more, visit our website at www.realcomtec.com

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop RTL for the hardware implementation of video CODEC, including H.264 and HEVC.

Define architecture for video codec, perform tradeoff analysis and feasibility studies

Implement hardware with optimum considerations of performance, timing, area and power

Develop comprehensive test plans, and implementation of functional and performance testing

Work with verification, modeling, firmware, algorithm and backend team to ensure successful product.

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS

MS in EE or CE with 7+ years of experiences with RTL coding , or PhD in EE/CE with 5+ years of experience, of which, at least 2 years of industrial experience on H.264/HEVC.

Verilog, Synopsys, Linux shell, Perl, LEC.

In depth familiarity of video codec design and architecture.

Knowledge of HEVC/H.264 reference code (HM/JM) a plus.

Bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese is a plus.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.