Middle Multimedia Engineer (GStreamer)

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Design, develop and maintain multimedia middleware components
• ▹Build, integrate and optimize GStreamer-based audio/video pipelines
• ▹Integrate media components with user-space applications and system services
• ▹Debug and resolve complex media issues related to performance, stability and synchronization
• ▹Drive technical discussions and contribute to architecture decisions
• ▹Collaborate with hardware, platform and application teams
• ▹Support board bring-up and hardware validation related to audio/video subsystems

Requirements

• ▹8+ years of software development experience in multimedia or system-level environments
• ▹Strong, hands-on GStreamer experience (must-have): building and debugging complex media pipelines, working with elements, pads, caps and plugins, diagnosing latency, synchronization and performance issues
• ▹Strong C++ and Java programming skills for system-level or multimedia applications
• ▹Solid understanding of audio and video streaming protocols (RTP, RTSP, etc.)
• ▹Experience with video and audio codecs (H.264, H.265, VP9, AAC, Opus, etc.)
• ▹Experience with Video4Linux (V4L2)
• ▹Experience with embedded platforms (Embedded Linux and/or Embedded Android)
• ▹Understanding of networking fundamentals: TCP, UDP, HTTP
• ▹Ability to debug complex issues across software layers (middleware, OS, hardware interaction)
• ▹Experience with version control systems (Git)
• ▹Excellent problem-solving, critical-thinking and communication skills

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with Embedded Android / Android BSP (AOSP)
• ▹Familiarity with multimedia and graphics systems (Android Audio/SurfaceFlinger, ffmpeg, VAAPI, OpenMAX, OpenGL)
• ▹Experience with streaming technologies such as WebRTC
• ▹Experience with camera integration or camera subsystem customization
• ▹Knowledge of hardware-accelerated media pipelines
• ▹Scripting experience (Bash, Python)

Soft skills

About the company

Jabil (NYSE: JBL) is a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience and 100+ sites worldwide, it combines global reach with local expertise, and is committed to sustainable processes and diverse communities.