Blueprint Technologies is hiring a Media Systems Validation Engineer to own the health and reliability signals for modern media codecs used at massive scale. You will design telemetry across video and image codec pipelines, analyze real-world data to uncover gaps, and strengthen hardware validation to improve ecosystem quality.
What You'll Do
- Design, implement, and expand telemetry events, schemas, and probes across video and image codec pipelines.
- Increase telemetry depth for advanced codec profiles, color formats, and configuration variations.
- Define and track reliability metrics, performance indicators, and failure signals across encode and decode paths.
- Analyze large-scale telemetry and validation data to identify trends, regressions, and rare or profile-specific issues.
- Build and enhance dashboards that surface actionable health insights for engineering and validation teams.
- Author, extend, and maintain hardware validation tests for video encoders, including support for modern codecs.
- Expand encoder test coverage beyond basic bitstream validation to include functional correctness, feature enablement, and reliability scenarios.
- Integrate advanced hardware validation scenarios into certification workflows to reduce partner failures and friction.
- Collaborate closely with codec engineers, validation teams, and hardware partners to close gaps in coverage and compliance.
- Drive improvements that measurably increase codec reliability, driver readiness, and ecosystem quality.
What We're Looking For
- 4–6+ years of codec and media pipeline experience, working with modern video/image codecs (e.g., H.264, HEVC, AV1 or equivalent).
- Strong understanding of codec internals, including encode and decode paths, profile variations, color formats (8-bit / 10-bit, 4:2:0 / 4:2:2 / 4:4:4), and common failure modes.
- 3–5 years of experience developing video or hardware validation tests on real hardware (GPU, SoC, or accelerator).
- Hands-on experience validating codec features, hardware enablement, correctness, and performance behavior.
- 4+ years of telemetry or observability engineering experience, including defining events, metrics, instrumentation, and dashboards.
- Proven ability to analyze large datasets to identify root causes, reliability gaps, and regression patterns.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to translate ambiguous signals into concrete engineering actions.
- Experience collaborating across engineering, validation, and partner teams.
Nice to Have
- Experience with hardware certification or validation workflows for drivers or system components.
- Prior exposure to integrating advanced validation suites into broader test or certification pipelines.
- Experience working directly with hardware partners or external vendors to improve compliance and pass rates.
- Familiarity with large-scale telemetry systems used in production environments.
- Background in building or operating quality, reliability, or health dashboards used for release decisions.
- Ability to influence cross-team technical decisions through data, documentation, and clear communication.
Technical Stack
- H.264
- HEVC
- AV1
Benefits & Compensation
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible Spending Account
- 401k program
- Competitive PTO offerings
- Parental Leave
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- Salary range: $120,000 to $140,000 USD/year
Work Mode
This is a fully remote position.
Blueprint Technologies, LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, orientation, veteran/military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital, or familial status, genetic information, citizenship, or any other status protected by law.
