Embedded Sr. Software Development Engineer, Multimedia, Hardware Compute Group

$151,300 - $261,500/Yr

Amazon - Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Sunnyvale, CA

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About the position

The Senior Embedded Software Development Engineer will play a crucial role in developing next-generation multimedia devices at Amazon. This position involves collaborating with various teams to create a robust multimedia software stack, focusing on embedded Linux software for video, display, camera, audio, and graphics processing. The engineer will leverage their expertise to optimize system performance and drive innovation in multimedia software development.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain complex embedded software components for a multimedia processing pipeline, including audio, graphics, video, display, and camera software stack.
• Optimize embedded software for real-time performance, efficient memory management, and optimal resource utilization on target hardware platforms.
• Integrate multimedia software components with hardware-specific drivers, hardware abstraction layers (HAL), middleware, and operating systems.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to ensure seamless hardware-software co-design and achieve optimal system-level performance.
• Perform in-depth unit, integration, and system-level testing to ensure the quality, reliability, and robustness of the multimedia software.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex issues in the multimedia software stack, including performance bottlenecks and edge cases.
• Create and actively participate in design reviews, code reviews, and retrospective meetings to continuously improve the development process and share knowledge.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends, technologies, and industry standards in embedded multimedia software development, and leverage this knowledge to drive innovation.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior team members, fostering their growth and development.
• Take a leading role in defining the technical roadmap and architecture of the multimedia software stack.

Requirements

• 5+ years of non-internship professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of programming with at least one software programming language experience.
• 5+ years of leading design or architecture (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems experience.
• Experience as a mentor, tech lead or leading an engineering team.

Nice-to-haves

• 5+ years of full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent.

Benefits

• Medical, financial, and other benefits as part of a total compensation package.
• Equity and sign-on payments may be provided depending on the position offered.