Job Description

About InterDigital

InterDigital is a global research and development company focused primarily on wireless, video, artificial intelligence (“AI”), and related technologies. We design and develop foundational technologies that enable connected, immersive experiences in a broad range of communications and entertainment products and services. We license our innovations worldwide to companies providing such products and services, including makers of wireless communications devices, consumer electronics, IoT devices, cars and other motor vehicles, and providers of cloud-based services such as video streaming. As a leader in wireless technology, our engineers have designed and developed a wide range of innovations that are used in wireless products and networks, from the earliest digital cellular systems to 5G and today’s most advanced Wi-Fi technologies. We are also a leader in video processing and video encoding/decoding technology, with a significant AI research effort that intersects with both wireless and video technologies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on Nasdaq. InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.

For more information, visit: https://www.interdigital.com/

The team

The Research & Innovation (R&I) team atInterDigitalincludes more than 250 researchers and engineers with world-classexpertisein AI, wireless communications, and visual technologies. Our culture values technologyexpertiseand an entrepreneurial mindset. Within R&I, the London VideoTeamis leading efforts in machine learning and deep learning to build the next generation of AI driven video compression models. We are seeking aresearchengineer who will work to research, design, implement andoptimizethese models.

You are aresearch engineer withexpertisein deep learning model developmentand a background in scientific research You have built,trainedandoptimizeddeep learning models inPyTorchorsimilar deep learning library.Atrack recordof documenting your innovationsin top academicconferences, journals, or patentswould be nice to have

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master (PhD a plus) in Mathematics, Physics, Machine Learning or Computer Science

• Some mixture of background in Mathematics or Physics with Machine Learning or Computer Science

• Experience researching,developingandtrainingdeep learning models, either inPyTorchorJAX

Nice to have

• Publications, patents, or significant open-source contributions in relevant areas are a plus

• 2+ years of relevantresearchexperiencein machine learning or computer vision a plus

Responsibilities

• Research, prototype and evaluate novel neural architectures for AI-based video compression and next generation video coding models

• Produce high quality research outputs and patentable innovations in AI-based video compression and video coding, working closely with internal IP teams to capture and protect novel ideas

• Design, implement andmaintaintraining,evaluationand benchmarking pipelines for video compression models, including metrics and datasets

• Collaborateand communicateresearchideaswithin your teamand more widely across teams to non-technical colleagues

• Work on proof-of-concept projects with various teams and incorporate successful approaches into larger platforms and demonstrators

• Stay current with advances in machine learning, deep learning and video coding research and help bring relevant ideas intoInterDigitalprojects

• Represent the company, promote and defend proposals from the company, through standard contributions, top academicconferencesand scientific journals.

LocationLondon, UK

InterDigital is an equal employment opportunity employer. InterDigital will not engage in or tolerate unlawful discrimination with regard to any employment decision, policy or practice based on a person’s sex, gender, pregnancy (including childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), age, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, assignments, evaluations, coaching, promotion, discipline, discharge and layoff.