Software Engineer
Ambarella
About the role
AI Vision Processors For Edge Applications
Our solutions make cameras smarter by extracting valuable data from high-resolution video streams.
Job Description
Job Description
Develop software and modeling solutions for AI-enabled camera silicon. This role supports the full software development lifecycle for standards-based real-time hardware video codecs. The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams to enhance existing video codec technologies and contribute to the development of next-generation codec solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and optimize video codec algorithms focused on video quality, low latency, and hardware efficiency.
Implement and maintain reference codec models.
Collaborate on silicon architecture modeling and hardware/software co-design.
Develop silicon verification and diagnostic tools.
Design and maintain real-time product firmware.
Implement and tune software rate control algorithms.
Work with engineering teams to integrate and validate codec solutions.
Required Skills
Strong programming skills in C and C++
Embedded software development experience
Familiarity with video compression standards (H.264, H.265/HEVC, AV1, or similar)
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
Experience utilizing AI-assisted development tools to improve software design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation efficiency.
Location Dayton (Beavercreek), Ohio
Experience
1 to 5 years of relevant experience in software or embedded systems development
Responsibilities
- Develop and optimize video codec algorithms for video quality, low latency, and hardware efficiency
- Implement and maintain reference codec models
- Collaborate on silicon architecture modeling and hardware/software co-design
- Develop silicon verification and diagnostic tools
- Design and maintain real-time product firmware
- Implement and tune software rate control algorithms
- Integrate and validate codec solutions with engineering teams
Qualifications
- Strong programming skills in C and C++
- Embedded software development experience
- Familiarity with video compression standards such as H.264, H.265/HEVC, or AV1
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools
- 1 to 5 years of relevant experience in software or embedded systems development
Skills mentioned
About Ambarella
With an installed base of more than 42 million AI SoC units, Ambarella’s products are utilized in a wide variety of physical edge AI applications, spanning edge endpoint and edge infrastructure use cases including physical security, vehicle safety, telematics, autonomy, portable video, aerial drones, and other emerging robotic applications. Building on this footprint, Ambarella offers a full-stack edge AI platform, from highly optimized silicon and programmable software to AI agentic frameworks that coordinate perception, decision-making and control across devices. Ambarella’s low-power systems-on-chip (SoCs) integrate proprietary and highly efficient perception and deep learning neural network AI accelerators, enabling electronic systems to become more productive with partial or complete levels of machine autonomy.
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