Ambarella Corp.

Ambarella Corp.

Senior Software Engineer

US Ohio · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 days ago
C++AlgorithmsEmbedded SystemsLeadership

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About the role

  • Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership on codec development projects.

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.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define future video codec capabilities and requirements.
  • Ability to lead technical projects and mentor team members

Requirements

  • 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
  • Experience using AI-powered software development tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude, or similar) to improve engineering productivity and code quality.
  • 5 to 10+ years of relevant experience in video codec, embedded software, or related engineering fields

Skills

  • Expert-level programming skills in C and C++
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