Software Engineer Intern

VisLab, an Ambarella Inc. company, develops AI vision processors for edge applications that extract valuable data from high-resolution video streams. The Software Engineer Intern will design, implement, and test imaging and video algorithms, develop firmware and microcode for DSPs, research and implement DSP concepts, and create hardware-block test code.

What you'll do:

• 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

What they're looking for:

• A Bachelor's degree in EE, computer engineering, CS or equivalent
• 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
• Current master students in one of these aforementioned disciplines are preferred