Platform & Multimedia Systems Engineer – Streaming, HDMI, DRM/HDCP

Quest Global; Bengaluru; Sur place; INR 1 400 000 - 1 900 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Quest Global is seeking a hands-on Platform & Multimedia Systems Engineer to evaluate, bring up, and integrate an off-the-shelf compute platform for a high-performance multimedia and streaming application. The selected platform should support multiple concurrent compute/processing engines and provide the performance required for simultaneous video processing, streaming, and device-control workloads.

You will enable Linux BSP, integrate libraries, and develop real-time streaming pipelines,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Embedded Systems, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in embedded Linux, multimedia systems, compute-platform bring-up, or video streaming.
• Strong experience with Linux platform/BSP bring-up.
• Experience working with ARM-based or similar high-performance compute platforms.
• Strong understanding of CPU/GPU/NPU architecture, hardware accelerators, memory and bandwidth management, PCIe/USB/Ethernet/high-speed interfaces.
• Experience developing or integrating video streaming pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of HDMI architecture and protocols.
• Hands-on knowledge of HDCP 1.x/2.x and protected-content workflows.
• Understanding of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies and secure video pipelines.
• Experience integrating third-party SDKs and multimedia libraries.

Responsabilités

• Evaluate and select suitable off-the-shelf compute platforms/SoCs based on CPU/GPU/NPU, multimedia, I/O, and streaming requirements.
• Bring up the selected hardware platform and validate all major interfaces.
• Enable and validate Linux BSP, device drivers, firmware, and system software.
• Support multiple concurrent video/compute processing pipelines.
• Integrate third-party and internally developed libraries into the platform.
• Develop and integrate real-time video streaming pipelines.
• Optimize system performance, latency, memory utilization, and bandwidth.
• Integrate and validate HDMI input/output interfaces.
• Support HDMI features including resolution, refresh rate, EDID, hot-plug detection, audio/video synchronization, and link stability.
• Integrate and validate HDCP/DRM content-protection mechanisms.
• Debug HDCP authentication, HDMI handshaking, video-path, and protected-content issues.
• Work with hardware accelerators for video encode/decode and graphics processing.
• Develop APIs and interfaces between the application layer, streaming framework, and underlying hardware.
• Perform system-level debugging across hardware, firmware, drivers, multimedia frameworks, and applications.
• Develop automated platform validation and regression-test scripts.
• Work closely with hardware, firmware, multimedia, streaming, security, and application teams.

Connaissances

C/C++

Python

Shell scripting

Driver debugging

Git

Formation

Bachelor's/Master's in EE/CS/Embedded

Outils

Linux BSP bring-up

HDCP/DRM tooling

Description du poste

Job Requirements

At Quest Global, it's not just what we do but how and why we do it that makes us different. With over 25 years as an engineering services provider, we believe in the power of doing things differently to make the impossible possible. Our people are driven by the desire to make the world a better place-to make a positive difference that contributes to a brighter future. We bring together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals who are empowered by an intentional workplace culture, to solve problems better and faster.

Job Requirements

At Quest Global, it's not just what we do but how and why we do it that makes us different. With over 25 years as an engineering services provider, we believe in the power of doing things differently to make the impossible possible. Our people are driven by the desire to make the world a better place-to make a positive difference that contributes to a brighter future. We bring together technologies and industries, alongside the contributions of diverse individuals who are empowered by an intentional workplace culture, to solve problems better and faster.

Job Summary

We are looking for a hands-on Platform & Multimedia Systems Engineer to evaluate, bring up, and integrate an off-the-shelf compute platform for a high-performance multimedia and streaming application.

The selected platform should support multiple concurrent compute/processing engines (approximately 4 parallel processing instances) and provide the performance required for simultaneous video processing, streaming, and device-control workloads.

The engineer will be responsible for compute-platform evaluation, board bring-up, Linux/BSP enablement, multimedia library integration, streaming pipeline development, HDMI integration, and DRM/HDCP support.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate and select suitable off-the-shelf compute platforms/SoCs based on CPU/GPU/NPU, multimedia, I/O, and streaming requirements.
• Bring up the selected hardware platform and validate all major interfaces.
• Enable and validate Linux BSP, device drivers, firmware, and system software.
• Support multiple concurrent video/compute processing pipelines.
• Integrate third-party and internally developed libraries into the platform.
• Develop and integrate real-time video streaming pipelines.
• Optimize system performance, latency, memory utilization, and bandwidth.
• Integrate and validate HDMI input/output interfaces.
• Support HDMI features including resolution, refresh rate, EDID, hot-plug detection, audio/video synchronization, and link stability.
• Integrate and validate HDCP/DRM content-protection mechanisms.
• Debug HDCP authentication, HDMI handshaking, video-path, and protected-content issues.
• Work with hardware accelerators for video encode/decode and graphics processing.
• Develop APIs and interfaces between the application layer, streaming framework, and underlying hardware.
• Perform system-level debugging across hardware, firmware, drivers, multimedia frameworks, and applications.
• Develop automated platform validation and regression-test scripts.
• Work closely with hardware, firmware, multimedia, streaming, security, and application teams.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Embedded Systems, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in embedded Linux, multimedia systems, compute-platform bring-up, or video streaming.
• Strong experience with Linux platform/BSP bring-up.
• Experience working with ARM-based or similar high-performance compute platforms.
• Strong understanding of:
  • CPU/GPU/NPU architecture
  • Hardware accelerators
  • Memory and bandwidth management
  • PCIe, USB, Ethernet, and high-speed interfaces
• Experience developing or integrating video streaming pipelines.
• Strong knowledge of HDMI architecture and protocols.
• Hands-on knowledge of HDCP 1.x / HDCP 2.x and protected-content workflows.
• Understanding of Digital Rights Management (DRM) technologies and secure video pipelines.
• Experience integrating third-party SDKs and multimedia libraries.

Software Skills

• Strong programming experience in C/C++
• Python for automation and platform testing
• Linux shell scripting
• Device-driver and system-level debugging
• Git/source-control systems

Preferred Experience

• Qualcomm, NVIDIA Jetson, NXP, AMD/Xilinx, Intel, Broadcom, Rockchip, or similar multimedia compute platforms.
• Multi-stream video processing.
• Hardware video encode/decode acceleration.
• Low-latency streaming.
• Secure boot and trusted execution environments.
• Widevine, PlayReady, or similar DRM frameworks.
• Video capture, transcoding, routing, and distribution systems.
• Experience developing systems that handle multiple HDMI/video endpoints concurrently.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a hands-on system engineer capable of taking an off-the-shelf compute module or SoC platform from evaluation through complete product bring-up.

The engineer should be able to identify platform limitations, integrate the required libraries and streaming stack, optimize performance for multiple concurrent workloads, and troubleshoot complex system-level issues across the complete multimedia pipeline.

We are known for our extraordinary people who make the impossible possible every day. Questians are driven by hunger, humility, and aspiration. We believe that our company culture is the key to our ability to make a true difference in every industry we reach. Our teams regularly invest time and dedicated effort into internal culture work, ensuring that all voices are heard.

We wholeheartedly believe in the diversity of thought that comes with fostering a culture rooted in respect, where everyone belongs, is valued, and feels inspired to share their ideas. We know embracing our unique differences makes us better, and that solving the worlds hardest engineering problems requires diverse ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds. We shine the brightest when we tap into the many dimensions that thrive across over 21,000 difference-makers in our workplace.