Software Optimization Engineer – GPU / Hardware-Accelerated Media (FFmpeg / HandBrake / Intel® Quick Sync Video) (f/m/d)
Core
Develop and optimize hardware-accelerated video encoding, decoding, and transcoding pipelines for Intel Graphics architecture within open-source media projects.
Role type
Senior IC software optimization engineer (GPU/media acceleration)
Builds
Hardware-accelerated media solutions for client and workstation platforms
Domain
Consumer electronics / Media processing / GPU acceleration
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
C/C++ programming, Intel Quick Sync Video (QSV) / oneVPL / libmfx, FFmpeg/HandBrake upstream contributions, modern video codec standards (H.264/H.265/AV1), media container protocols, performance profiling, low-level GPU programming
Preferred skills
AI-assisted media workloads (OpenVINO, PyTorch), Vulkan/DirectX/Metal compute APIs, Intel performance tools (VTune), streaming workflows (OBS, HLS, DASH)
Technologies
FFmpeg, HandBrake, oneVPL, libmfx, VA-API, D3D11/12, OpenVINO, PyTorch, VTune, OBS, HLS, DASH
Responsibilities
Analyze, design, and debug software enhancements for open-source media projects; Develop and optimize Intel QSV code paths; Conduct performance analysis of encode/decode pipelines; Author technical presentations and training materials; Provide technical feedback to product and engineering teams
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
