.Senior Research Engineer - Volumetric Video StreamingThe 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 skilled Research Engineer with experience in volumetric video streaming to join our development team.
The ideal candidate should have experience with video codecs and low-level programming (C/C++).
Additionally, having experience in GPGPU (such as CUDA/OpenCL) is a plus.
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 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 in cutting-edge software and services (e.G., Volumetric Video Compression and Neural Radiance Fields/Gaussian Splatting), and career development opportunities (self and 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).Responsibilities:Maintenance of the volumetric video pipelineIntegration and innovation of third-party technologiesDevelopment of new features and enhancement of existing onesMinimum Requirements:A minimum of 2 years' professional development experience, ideally within teams of at least 5 peopleProven experience in C++Familiarity with video codecs such as H.264, H.265, H