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
Skills Required
- Expert-level programming skills in C and C++
- 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 such as Cursor or Claude
- 5 to 10+ years of relevant experience in video codec, embedded software, or related engineering fields
What We Do
Ambarella (Nasdaq: AMBA) is a leading developer of visual AI products. Our technologies enable a wide variety of human and computer vision applications, including video security, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), electronic mirror, drive recorder, driver/cabin monitoring, autonomous driving, and robotic applications. Ambarella’s low-power system on chips (SoCs) offer high-resolution video compression, advanced image processing, and powerful deep neural network processing to enable intelligent cameras to extract valuable data from high-resolution video streams. For more information, please visit www.ambarella.com
