Video Standardisation Expert

Join Philips as a Video Standardisation Expert

Intellectual Property & Standards at Philips

You will be part of Intellectual Property & Standards, a Philips business that optimizes IP assets and provides counselling to support innovation and new business opportunities – for Philips and others. You will join the “Digital Standardization & Licensing Research” department with presence in The Netherlands and the US. Within this group, we provide technology options for innovations in both the professional health and well-being as well as the consumer domain. We actively contribute to the creation of consumer and industry standards, and we further mature ideas and technologies in close collaboration with internal and external partners.

With this vacancy, we intend to strengthen our video standardization team in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. You will be part of our research team of video experts.

Your role

• Drive the creation of extensions to video codecs, including the creation, implementation, and testing of video processing algorithms.
• Develop novel standard essential patents within the framework of international standardization bodies such as JVET, MPEG, and 3GPP, based on a strong understanding of our existing patent portfolio and the current state of standardization efforts.
• Apply test-driven design to ensure your implementations deliver the desired video experience.

Minimum required Education: PhD or MSc degree in Computer Science or Engineering (Software, Computer, Electrical, Electronics/Communications, etc.)

Preferred Skills:

• Creative team player with experience in video DSP algorithm development
• Good understanding of state-of-the-art video compression codecs
• Pragmatic, hands-on researcher, exploring the merit of novel ideas within the context of video standardization
• Experienced in Python and C/C++ programming
• Hands-on experience in audio/video standardization
• Willingness to travel and actively engage in international standardization meetings, such as JVET, MPEG, and 3GPP

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week.

About Philips

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