Software Engineer Intern

Microcode summer intern engineers at Ambarella are responsible for the design, implement and test of advanced imaging and video algorithms across our line of proprietary SoCs. As a member of our team, you will be working with industry-recognized scientists and architects to bring our superior video quality to a variety of camera markets including automobile, IP-security and more.

For this position, we are seeking a talented intern with a particular interest in the firmware and tools development for a variety of camera markets.

Responsibilities:

• Develop a deep understanding of Ambarella’s DSP architecture to ensure the efficient use of hardware resources such as CPU cycles and memory during code development.
• Design and develop microcode within the boundaries defined by the relevant algorithm and DSP hardware.
• Research papers and implement some of the ideas on DSP.
• Develop test codes for hardware blocks.

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in EE, computer engineering, CS or equivalent.  Current master students in one of these aforementioned disciplines are preferred.
• Solid experiences with C or C++..
• Some experience with assembly code development and debugging.
• Solid knowledge of scripting languages such as Perl or python.
• Understand modern computer architecture including registers, interrupts, threads, on-chip memory and DRAM. Must be able to resolve data synchronization issues with computer architecture.
• Must be comfortable with modern software development methodologies such as code review, unit testing, peer reviews, and more.
• Familiarity with image processing and video compression standards (e.g., MPEG, H.264/265). Must have basic knowledge of video representation.
• Familiarity with Neural Network frameworks such as TensorFlow, caffe, pytorch etc.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Excellent analytical, problem solving and presentation skills.
• Excellent cross-functional, cross-site teamwork abilities.