Job Description

Summary

The Technology Development Group (TDG) is working on exciting technologies, including ARKit and RealityKit to create ground-breaking new products. We are looking for a hands-on forward-thinking leader in the video industry to drive next generation media technologies. Collaborating closely with partner teams across Apple and apply your passion, knowledge and creativity to solve complex problems and architect software that powers exciting media experiences. As a member of our fast-paced group, you will have a unique opportunity to work with a fantastic team and create products that will delight and inspire millions of Apple’s customers every day.


Key Qualifications

5+ years of experience in senior engineering or technical leadership role

Experience managing development team in a high paced environment to deal with ambiguity and to work independently is a plus

Demonstrated capability to lead development team shipping media products involving image and video processing, video capture/playback, or media processing pipeline

Experience with developing media SDKs, frameworks and customer facing APIs

Excellent programming skills and proficient with one of C/C++, Objective-C, Swift, Objective-C experience is highly desirable

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Strong problem solving and analytical thinking skills

Creative and enthusiastic attitude, attention to details

Leadership skills and ability to inspire team members

A strong focus on end user experience


Description

We are a team of media processing experts and specialists who are looking for a motivated technical lead/manager to lead a small team to develop next generation media processing pipeline and framework for new products. You will be using your expertise in the video processing domain to solve complex problems in a new and exciting domain. You will work closely with software, hardware, algorithms and UX teams to create ground breaking technologies and systems. You will architect and develop high quality software to power extremely low latency applications and experiences - performance optimization and efficient utilization of hardware resources are critically important. Do you have hands-on experience creating high performance audio, video, image processing and graphics software? You have an exciting opportunity to learn and grow, while working with some of the most creative people in the industry. Grit, ability to persevere and adapt quickly are key attributes.


Education & Experience

BS CS/EE or equivalent, higher degree is preferred


Additional Requirements

Experience with hardware assisted acceleration, performance analysis and optimization is highly desirable

Experience with file formats (mov, mp4) and codecs (H.264/AVC, HEVC) is a plus

Video streaming (MPEG Dash/HLS) is a plus

Experience with 3D rendering, 3D Graphics APIs or GPU compute is a plus


Role Number: 200286471