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About this Sr. System Software Engineer role at Ambarella

Ambarella · Onsite · China Shanghai

AI Vision Processors For Edge Applications

Our solutions make cameras smarter by extracting valuable data from high-resolution video streams.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Software development and troubleshooting, including issues related to ARM drivers, audio/video capture, audio/video encoding, AI engines, and related areas. Products include network cameras, ADAS, robotics, and other AI projects based on Linux.
  • Based in Shanghai. Provide technical support to customers for network cameras, ADAS, robotics, AI Box, and similar products, including remote and on-site support. Offer technical consulting, training, and end-to-end project support from evaluation and project kickoff through mass production.
  • Communicate with customers to understand product requirements and project status. Help customers analyze issues quickly, optimize systems and algorithms, and deliver timely solutions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in electronics or a related field, with 3+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Solid C/C++ software development skills with hands-on development experience.
  • Ability to read hardware schematics; basic hardware knowledge and embedded systems experience, such as ARM-based development.
  • Familiarity with common peripherals on embedded processors (e.g., ARM), including I2C, SPI, MIPI, UART, USB, PCI, Ethernet, GPIO, CAN, Flash, DDR, etc. Knowledge of related communication protocols is a plus.
  • Familiarity with Linux as a real-time operating system; experience with Linux kernel and driver development.
  • Experience with audio and video capture and encoding (e.g., AAC, OPUS, H.264, H.265, etc.); familiarity with multimedia frameworks such as GStreamer.
  • Knowledge of neural networks, machine vision, or related areas is a plus (e.g., CNN, VLM, VLA, SLAM, ROS).
  • Basic knowledge of bash and Python scripting, image sensors, and fundamental image/video concepts.
  • Experience with mainstream AI SoC platforms is preferred.
  • Strong English reading and writing skills are preferred.
  • Outgoing personality, strong communication skills, and good teamwork.
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About Ambarella

Combining technical expertise and a commitment to quality, Ambarella has established itself as the industry standard for excellence in video performance by offering pristine imagery, efficient compression, and low-power operation. For our next phase of growth, we are looking for talented team members to help us deliver our advanced computer vision algorithms to tomorrow’s intelligent video products. Our target applications include autonomous vehicles, intelligent video surveillance, self-flying drones, smart wearable cameras, 360-degree immersive video, and more.

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