Video Codec Algorithm Engineer - Multimedia Lab

San Diego·Multimedia·engineering
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About Team As part of a technology-driven company, our Multimedia Lab focuses on core R&D for multimedia content such as audio, video, point clouds, and meshes. We are contributors to international standardization efforts and have built comprehensive capabilities across algorithm design, system implementation, and hardware-software co-optimization. Our work centers on key areas such as content generation, analysis, compression, processing, transmission, and interaction. We consistently deliver high-quality, practical, and scalable solutions that support diverse business innovations. Alongside our commitment to efficient and reliable technology delivery, we invest heavily in foundational research—exploring fundamental algorithms, large models, and next-generation standards to build sustainable, forward-looking technical competitiveness. Responsibilities - Design and develop cutting-edge algorithms to maximize compression efficiency - Optimize codec performance through low-level and system-level enhancements - Push the boundaries of state-of-the-art video coding technologies to deliver superior visual quality - Conduct research and development on AI-powered codecs, including end-to-end image/video compression systems

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