Senior 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 advanced software and modeling solutions for AI-enabled camera silicon. This role is responsible for leading the design, development, optimization, and verification of standards-based real-time hardware video codecs. The successful candidate will work closely with architecture, hardware, and software teams to drive innovation in video compression technologies and support next-generation AI camera products.
Key Responsibilities
Lead the development and optimization of video codec algorithms with a focus on video quality, latency reduction, and hardware efficiency.
Design and implement reference codec models and performance enhancements.
Drive hardware/software co-design efforts and silicon architecture modeling.
Develop advanced diagnostics and verification tools for silicon validation.
Architect and optimize real-time embedded firmware solutions.
Lead software rate control design and optimization activities.
Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership on codec development projects.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define future video codec capabilities and requirements.
Required Skills
Expert-level programming skills in C and C++
Strong embedded software development experience
Familiarity with video compression standards (H.264, H.265/HEVC, AV1, or similar)
Experience with codec optimization, performance analysis, and system-level debugging
Ability to lead technical projects and mentor team members
Experience using AI-powered software development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude, or similar) to improve engineering productivity and code quality.
Location Dayton (Beavercreek), Ohio
Experience
5 to 10+ years of relevant experience in video codec, embedded software, or related engineering fields
Responsibilities
- Lead development and optimization of video codec algorithms for video quality, low latency, and hardware efficiency
- Design reference codec models and implement performance enhancements
- Drive hardware/software co-design and silicon architecture modeling
- Develop diagnostics and verification tools for silicon validation
- Architect and optimize real-time embedded firmware
- Lead software rate control design and optimization
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define future video codec capabilities
Qualifications
- Expert-level C and C++ programming skills
- Strong embedded software development experience
- Familiarity with video compression standards such as H.264, H.265/HEVC, or AV1
- Experience with codec optimization, performance analysis, and system-level debugging
- Ability to lead technical projects and mentor team members
- Experience using AI-powered software development tools to improve productivity and code quality
- 5 or more years of relevant experience in video codecs, embedded software, or related engineering fields
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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