Staff Software Engineer - Multimedia (Video Pipeline)

The role

You will own the architecture and advancement of the in-vehicle video pipeline. This includes the end-to-end path from camera sensors through capture, encoding, streaming, recording, and display.

What you will do

• Define and own the architecture of the camera-to-display video pipeline
• Design, develop, implement and integrate hardware-accelerated video encode/decode and streaming/recording features
• Analyze and optimize video pipelines for real-time performance and glass-to-glass latency
• Build and maintain the multimedia stack on frameworks such as GStreamer, V4L2, libcamera, FFmpeg, and vendor SDKs
• Set standards, review designs and code, mentor engineers, and drive cross-team alignment
• Work closely with product, hardware, camera/ISP, perception, and platform teams
• Establish video quality metrics, latency measurement, and telemetry/tracing
• Rapidly prototype and iterate on new pipeline designs and codec configurations

Required qualifications

• Expert proficiency in modern C++ (C++17 or later) on Linux/embedded systems
• Strong multithreading and real-time systems skills
• Extensive hands-on experience building production video pipelines
• Experience with camera capture (V4L2/libcamera), ISP tuning integration, hardware codecs (H.264/H.265/AV1), and streaming protocols (RTSP/RTP/WebRTC)
• Deep experience with GStreamer and/or FFmpeg
• Experience with Linux graphics/memory primitives (DMA-BUF, DRM/KMS, Wayland, EGL)
• Experience implementing and optimizing media workloads on embedded heterogeneous hardware
• Experience leading architecture for complex multimedia systems, mentoring engineers, and influencing roadmaps
• Strong understanding of algorithms, data structures, software architecture, and video fundamentals
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• 10+ years of relevant experience

Nice to have

• Experience with automotive camera systems (GMSL/FPD-Link, surround view, digital mirrors, dashcam/sentry recording)
• Functional-safety or security requirements for video
• Computer vision/AI integration (OpenCV, on-device inference)
• Visual computing/parallel programming frameworks (OpenCL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan)

Benefits

• competitive base salary
• annual company performance bonus program
• equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• health coverage
• retirement savings
• time off
• family planning programs

About the company

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders. They address the challenges of electric vehicles through technology for software-defined vehicles.