JOB AD:
Senior Research Engineer
- Salary - £70000-£100000
- Location - London / Hybrid (3 days onsite, 2 days remote)
- Benefits - (TBC)
What are we looking for:
- MicroTECH Global are looking for unique people for a distinctive technology.
- Are you a Senior Research Engineer, who has a passion for technology, with a love to investigate new research ideas and give you all to improve existing ideas to enable them to work in the best possible way.
- MicroTECH Global are seeking someone who is who is not afraid to get their hands dirty, while continuously improving algorithms, and love solving problems whenever seen. Ideally you will be someone who wants to make a difference with your work.
About the company:
- MicroTECH Global are working with a company who have changed the way to do data compression, they view and see problems with a different perspective, then apply that perspective also to the way they innovate.
- They achieve their goals by keeping our innovation cycle as agile and flexible as possible, with continuously testing and challenging assumptions. Thanks to the unique technology within the in-house testing facilities, they quickly pass from ideas to implementations.
Responsibilities:
As a Senior Research Engineer, you will:
- Design new tools and strategies for efficient processing and compression of images, videos and data (Python, C++).
- Help develop technical contributions to standardization organizations, workshops and similar.
- Design, implement and evaluate algorithm and present development outcomes to key stakeholders.
- Design, develop and improve compression algorithms and codebases (mainly written in C++).
- Mentor junior engineers of the research team, contribute to code reviews and technical discussions.
Background and Experience:
- Ability to prioritise tasks based on impact and efficiency, with a focus on results.
- A degree in either Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
- Prior experience with designing/implementing image/video processing algorithms; preferably experience with video compression algorithms.
- Good algorithmic design, math and data analysis skills; good problem-solving skills.
- Experience of delivering complex projects and tasks to an agreed time scale.
- Industry experience in a Senior R&D engineering role.
Beneficial to have:
- Prior experience with GPU programming and/or SIMD intrinsics (SSE/AVX/NEON)
- Understanding of existing image/video coding standards such as JPEG, AVC, HEVC, VVC, VP9, AV1 or equivalent.
- Experience in researching and developing data compression and signal processing algorithms(e.g., video, image, point cloud etc.), gained through university research and/or industry roles.
If this is of interest to you, please contact me