Research Engineer for VIVIM project

The Media Internet Area (MIA) of i2CAT is seeking a RESEARCH ENGINEER, which expertise in Telecommunications, Telematics and Immersive Media.

The researcher will be involved in the VIVIM project, where i2CAT has to design, develop and evaluate technological solutions to enable interactive and immersive multi-party media experiences, in the context of Immersive TV and Social VR.

The researcher will need to carry out the following technical tasks:

• Understand the identified requirements and selected use cases.
• Develop media playout solutions for immersive content (360º video, 3D content, Point Clouds)
• Develop interactive communication engines to exchange the immersive content and to enable multi-party experiences
• Carry out functional and performance evaluations, as well as participate in the execution of subjective evaluations
• Prepare prototypes and demos
• Prepare and carry out oral presentations in technical and progress meetings.
• Write technical reports.

In addition to the technical work, the candidate will be responsible of those pilot actions and demos where i2cat will showcase the VIVIM contributions.

The researcher will be integrated with the Media Internet Area (MIA) of i2CAT, and will be provided with the required guidance and training.

This project has been co-funded by ACCIÓ (Agency for Company Competitiveness) - Generalitat de Catalunya.

Who we are:

i2CAT Foundation is a non-profit research and innovation centre that promotes mission oriented R&D activities on advanced Internet architectures, applications and services. The centre stands for a new open innovation framework, fostering the collaboration between companies, public administration, the academic environment and end-users.

i2CAT’s activities span the areas of Research, playing a key role in the EU Framework Program for Research and Innovation; Strategic Projects, leading local initiatives that strengthen the digital policies of public administration, and Technology Transfer, fostering R&D collaboration with companies to develop innovative market-oriented solutions.

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Why You’ll Love Working in i2CAT:

• You will be part of a multicultural team. We have a fun loving and friendly international work environment.
• Be in contact and work with cutting-edge technology
• Work in challenging R&D projects
• Fix + variable salary
• Option of flexible retribution (restaurant card, transport card, medical insurance, kindergarten)
• Flexible working schedule - We know you have a life outside of work and we will work with you to make sure it's kept that way
• Fridays afternoon off
• Intensive work schedule in July & August
• Home-office option
• Open space office in Barcelona
• Free fruit every week
• Discounted Gym-access
• 25 vacation days per year
• Casual dress code
• Let us know which trainings you need
• You will have the opportunity to attend tech conferences and events.

The i2CAT Foundation seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and, therefore explicitly, encourages women to apply.

The i2CAT Foundation seeks to increase the number of persons with disabilities among its workforce, and therefore explicitly encourages this collective to apply.