Senior Software Design Engineer
- Department:
- R&D
- Location:
- Burlington, ON, Canada
We are seeking a Senior Software Design Engineer with deep expertise in real-time media systems, audio/video compression, and high-performance software development. You will play a critical role in building scalable, low-latency encoding pipelines that operate across cloud, edge, and bare-metal environments. This position involves working with advanced codecs, open-source frameworks, and IP-based broadcast standards.
As part of your role, you will help translate the product vision and system requirements into concrete software development projects, driving end-to-end technical execution.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and optimize software for real-time video and audio compression (e.g., H.264, HEVC, AV1, JPEG XS, VVC, AAC, AC-3, NDI).
- Translate product vision and system requirements into concrete, software deliverables.
- Work with media frameworks such as FFmpeg and GStreamer for both audio and video pipelines.
- Implement CPU and GPU-based acceleration paths (e.g., SIMD, CUDA, NVENC, NVDEC ) for low-latency media processing.
- Architect modular, scalable components for deployment in cloud native and bare metal environments.
- Profile and tune software for throughput, latency, and system resource efficiency across varied hardware targets.
- Develop and support IP-based live media systems using standards like SMPTE ST 2110, NMOS, and PTP.
- Work with real-time transport protocols like RTP, UDP, MPEG-TS, SRT, RIST.
- Maintain clean, testable C/C++ code with attention to reliability, performance, and maintainability.
- Conduct design and code reviews; contribute to internal standards and software architecture practices, share technical knowledge and mentor junior team members.
- Collaborate with QC, and product teams on validation, CI/CD, monitoring, and deployment of live systems.
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of hands-on C/C++ development in high-performance or real-time systems.
- Strong understanding of video and audio compression standards and formats.
- Experience with media frameworks such as FFmpeg or GStreamer in production systems.
- Solid understanding of Linux systems programming, including memory management, file I/O, scheduling, and process control.
- Familiarity with inter process communication (IPC) mechanisms: shared memory, sockets, pipes, message queues.
- Experience with multithreaded and parallel programming techniques.
- Working knowledge of GPU or SIMD-based performance optimizations.
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or Shell for automation and build tooling.
- Understanding of network transport protocols (TCP, UDP, RTP)
- IP‑based broadcast standards: SMPTE ST 2110, NMOS IS‑04/IS‑05, PTP / IEEE 1588.
- Low‑latency A/V synchronization in live production.
- Hardware codec APIs: NVIDIA Video Codec SDK, Intel oneVPL, AMD AMF.
- Adaptive bitrate streaming (HLS, MPEG‑DASH) and multi‑profile encoding.
- Debugging tools: ffprobe, gst-launch, tcpdump, Wireshark
- OpenCV for image/video processing or computer vision preprocessing.
- Vulkan API experience for high throughput GPU compute or future codec acceleration.
- Contributions to open source media, vision, or systems libraries.
What we offer:
- Employer funded benefits program
- Competitive total compensation package
- Work-life balance
- Employee Assistance plan
- Employee Discount Platform
- Career progression
- Casual work environment
- Social events and sports teams
About Us:
Evertz Microsystems (TSX:ET) is a leading global manufacturer of broadcast equipment and solutions that deliver content to television sets, on-demand services, WebTV, IPTV, and mobile devices (like phones and tablets). Evertz has expertise in delivering complete end-to-end broadcast solutions for all aspects of broadcast production including content creation, content distribution and content delivery.
Considered as an innovator by their customers, Evertz delivers cutting edge solutions that are unmatched in the industry in both hardware and software. Evertz delivers products and solutions that can be found in major broadcast facilities on every continent. Evertz’ customer base also includes telcos, satellite, cable TV, and IPTV providers.
With over 2,000 employees, that include hardware and software engineers, Evertz is one of the leaders in the broadcast industry. Evertz has a global presence with offices located in: Canada, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, United Arab Emirates, India, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, and Australia. Evertz was named one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies, which recognizes excellence in Canadian-owned and Canadian-managed companies. Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies identifies Canadian corporate success through companies focused on their core vision, creating stakeholder value and excelling in the global economy.
Evertz makes certain there is an equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment, including persons with disabilities. In compliance with AODA, Evertz will strive to provide accommodation to persons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to a disability during the recruitment process, please notify Human Resources upon scheduling your interview.
Thank you for considering a career with Evertz!