Consultant - Video Codecs

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Associate Consultants on client projects involving video compression and video delivery technologies.
• Own delivery of patent analysis and IP monetization research related to video codecs and video processing, including technology due diligence, claim charting/infringement analysis, prior art searching, market research, and target scouting.
• Analyze, reverse engineer, and test implementations of video codecs and related pipelines (e.g., AV1, HEVC, HDR workflows) using industry-standard tools and/or custom-built tools.
• Design and execute test benches to evaluate codec behavior, compression efficiency, rate–distortion performance, and standards compliance.
• Review specifications and reference software for video coding standards (e.g., AV1, H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, VVC) and map technical details to patent claims and accused products.
• Support Expert Witnesses and attorneys on IP litigation matters, including technical analysis for reports, source code review, and preparation for depositions, hearings, and trial.
• Establish and cultivate relationships with existing and prospective clients, and serve as a subject-matter advocate for Lumenci’s video/media technology capabilities.
• Identify and develop relationships with specialized labs or partners for video codec product testing and reverse engineering services.
• Collaborate with Lumenci’s product teams to advise on requirements, testing, and roadmap for technology platforms related to video analysis, reverse engineering, and IP analytics.
• Showcase thought leadership in video compression and IP (e.g., blogs, whitepapers, research summaries, internal training).
• Collaborate across the organization with in-person and distributed global teams; attend internal and external meetings, workshops, conferences, source code reviews, depositions, and trials as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a closely related field.
• 3–5 years of hands-on experience working with modern video codecs in an R&D, engineering, standards, or video quality role (e.g., AV1, HEVC/H.265, VVC, VP9), including implementing, integrating, or optimizing codecs.
• Strong understanding of video compression fundamentals (e.g., motion estimation, transform coding, prediction, rate control, entropy coding) and HDR video concepts (e.g., PQ/HLG, color spaces, tone mapping).
• Experience reading and working from codec specifications or reference implementations for one or more standards (such as AV1, H.264/AVC, H.265/HEVC, VVC).
• Demonstrated proficiency in one or more relevant programming/scripting languages (e.g., C/C++, Python, MATLAB) for building tools, automating tests, or analyzing codec behavior.
• Ability to clearly explain complex technical topics in writing and verbally to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting IP litigation, licensing, standards-essential patent work, or patent monetization related to video compression or media technologies.
• Familiarity with common tools and workflows for video quality assessment, bitstream analysis, and debugging (e.g., ffmpeg, VMAF/PSNR/SSIM workflows, codec test models).
• Experience interacting with standardization activities or patent pools related to video codecs (e.g., MPEG, AOMedia, patent pools for HEVC/AV1).
• Prior work with HDR pipelines (capture, processing, and display), color management, and media delivery (e.g., HLS/DASH).