SENIOR RESEARCH ENGINEER- VOLUMETRIC VIDEO STREAMING

The i2CAT Foundation (Barcelona) is opening a position to advance in the research and innovation field of real-time distributed video services, involving immersive media formats like volumetric video.The candidate will join the Media & Internet Area (MIA) of i2CAT, which is composed of over 18 experienced researchers and engineers in the fields of distributed and interactive multimedia systems and media processing, and is involved in relevant R&I projects with the European and national ecosystems, in close collaboration with key players from academia and industry.This area is seeking a highly Research Engineer with experience in volumetric video streaming to join our development team. The ideal candidate should have experience with video codecs, low level programming (C/C++). Additionally, having experience in GPGPU is a plus (Such as CUDA/OpenCL). The candidate will be in charge of maintaining and adding new features to the volumetric video compression pipeline.Moreover, the candidate will be involved in cutting-edge research, innovation and development tasks. All this R&I&D will shape the future of HoloMIT, collaborating hand-in-hand with experts in the media and networks domains under the umbrella of competitive national and international projects (Horizon Europe, European Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking, SNS JU), including the collaboration with highly relevant international partners from academia and industry.The results from the planned research and development activities are expected to lead to high-impact scientific publications, technology/knowledge transfer (e.g., open-source software, patents, contributions to standards), resulting cutting-edge software and services (e.g., Volumetric Video Compression and Neural Radiance Fields/ Gaussian Splatting), and career development opportunities (self and of supervised of highly skilled personnel).The candidate will be involved in the development and maintenance of the volumetric video pipeline as well as being involved in the area active projects (Such as Didymos,XRECO and PRESENCE)Some candidate duties: Maintenance of the volumetric video pipeline Third party technologies integration and innovation New features development and enhancement of the existing onesThe ideal candidate must have proven track record of: A minimum of 2 years' professional development experience, ideally within teams of at least 5 people Proven experience in C++ Must be acquainted with video codecs such as H.264, H.265 H.266 as well as volumetric point cloud compression, such as VPCC or Draco. Hands-on experience in the graphics sector, better if in immersive technologies (XR, VR, AR) Programming skills, grounded in knowledge of industry best practices and Software and architecture design skills Experience with agile development and scrum methodology Teamwork and interpersonal skills Communication skills Experience in C# is a plus Experience in Parallel Programming models is a plus Experience with Parallel Programming models such as OpenMP, MPI, Multicore etc, is a plusThe ideal candidate should be: Professional, passionate and proactive Detail-oriented and committed to maintaining high-quality and efficient work. Capable of providing and receiving constructive feedback Adaptable to fast-changing situations Capable of quickly understanding existing code