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Aquent is partnering with a global technology leader renowned for pushing the boundaries of innovation across various platforms and services. This company is dedicated to creating seamless and high-performance experiences that touch millions of users worldwide, constantly evolving to meet the demands of an ever-changing digital landscape. Join a team that values groundbreaking work and collaborative problem-solving, contributing to foundational technologies that empower the next generation of digital interaction. Are you a seasoned engineer passionate about media technology, validation, and system reliability? We are seeking a highly skilled and impactful individual to join a pivotal team, where you will directly influence the stability, performance, and quality of critical media processing pipelines. In this role, you won’t just be maintaining systems; you’ll be instrumental in shaping the future of media experiences, driving improvements that ensure robust and efficient delivery across diverse hardware and software environments. Your expertise will be vital in identifying and resolving complex issues, setting new standards for quality, and collaborating with industry partners to achieve excellence. As a key contributor, you will spearhead initiatives to enhance the observability and validation of media processing systems. Your work will directly lead to more reliable and higher-performing media experiences for users globally. You will be at the forefront of improving detection capabilities for subtle issues and ensuring that new features meet rigorous quality standards before release.
Job Responsibility:
Design and implement enhanced telemetry events, schemas, and probes across media processing pipelines
Expand telemetry granularity for advanced profiles and configuration variations, capturing detailed insights into system behavior
Build or augment dashboards that reveal regression patterns, reliability issues, and performance characteristics, providing actionable data
Author and extend certification tests for media encoder validation, ensuring comprehensive coverage
Integrate hardware validation scenarios into certification workflows to improve partner pass rates and reduce friction
Analyze telemetry and test-fail data to identify media processing reliability gaps and pinpoint root causes
Collaborate closely with engineering, certification teams, and hardware partners to close coverage gaps and improve driver readiness
Define reliability metrics, performance indicators, and failure signals across encode/decode paths
Improve detection of rare or profile-specific issues that previously went unnoticed
Requirements:
4–6 years of Codec & Media Pipeline Expertise: Deep understanding of media encoding and decoding behavior, media pipelines, color formats, and profile variations
3–5 years of Video Feature Test Development on Real Hardware: Hardware Validation & Certification Experience: Hands-on experience with hardware validation and driver certification workflows, including authoring tests
4+ years of Telemetry / Observability Engineering: Strong experience in designing event schemas, metrics, instrumentation, and dashboards, coupled with proven ability to analyze large telemetry datasets
Analytical Problem-Solving: Exceptional ability to identify patterns in telemetry and validation results, isolate root causes, and propose effective instrumentation or test improvements
Cross-Team Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to work effectively with engineering, certification teams, graphics/media groups, and hardware partners