CoreMedia AR/VR Software Engineer
Apple
Marketing & Communications, Software Engineering
Cupertino, CA, USA
Posted on Jan 3, 2025
Summary
Posted:
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200585387
The Audio & Media Technologies (AMT) organization provides the audiovisual media foundation across all of Apple's innovative products, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro, HomePod, AppleTV, Apple Watch, as well as professional and consumer applications from Final Cut to Music, TV and iWork. AMT takes the media experience to the next level on the iOS, macOS, visionOS, tvOS, and watchOS platforms with technologies such as AVFoundation, CoreMedia, CoreAudio, Media Toolbox and Video Toolbox. The CoreMedia Spatial Technologies team within AMT is responsible for implementing software services around linear audiovisual media. This includes local media playback, video-on-demand and live streaming of multimedia content across all Apple platforms. The CoreMedia Spatial Technologies team is looking for a software engineer to join our team to work on media formats and playback to power the next generation of interactive augmented reality experiences for our platforms using Apple's latest technologies including RealityKit and ARKit.
Description
We are looking for a software engineer to join our team and help develop the media engine for our products and services.In this role, you will be responsible for implementing new features for media playback, streaming and transcoding areas. You will meet the challenge of improving the performance and software quality for our cross-platform media frameworks and solve incredibly challenging and interesting problems in the AR/VR space. To be successful in this role, you need to be versatile and able to thrive in a fast paced environment.
Minimum Qualifications
- BS/MS CS/CE or equivalent
- 2+ years of experience working as part of a software development team on any major platform and debugging in a highly concurrent environment
- Strong programming skills in C, C++ or Objective-C
- Passion for learning new technologies, and self-motivation to work through technical challenges
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience developing or using media software frameworks and/or audio/video codecs is a plus.
- Proficiency in macOS, iOS and/or Unix development along with Swift and/or SwiftUI is a plus
- Experience with 3D graphics/game engines especially in AR/VR spaces is a plus
- Experience in developing and maintaining an API for multiple clients is a plus
- Familiarity with multimedia file formats such as QuickTime Movie, MPEG-4 and MPEG-TS.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits
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