Multimedia Software Development Eng. - #194013

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The Role

AMD is looking for a specialized software engineer who is passionate about improving the performance of key applications and benchmarks. You will be a member of a core team of incredibly talented industry specialists and will work with the very latest hardware and software technology. 

The Person

The ideal candidate should be passionate about software engineering and possess leadership skills to drive sophisticated issues to resolution. Able to communicate effectively and work optimally with different teams across AMD.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with AMD’s architecture specialists to improve future products 
• Apply a data minded approach to target optimization efforts
• Work closely with multimedia teams to design, develop and improve end-to-end video software solutions
• Stay informed of software and hardware trends and innovations, especially pertaining to algorithms and architecture
• Participating in new ASIC and hardware bring ups in simulation and on new hardware
• Debug/fix issues and research alternative, more efficient ways to accomplish the same work
• Develop technical relationships with peers and partners
  
  
  

Preferred Experience

• Strong object-oriented programming background, C/C++ preferred
• Device driver or firmware development experience
• Experience with simulation, emulation, and FPGA prototyping
• Experience with Windows, Linux and/or Android operating system development 
• Knowledge of video CODEC standards H.264, HEVC, AV1
• Experience with software development processes and tools such as debuggers, source code control systems (GitHub) and profilers is a plus
• Effective communication and problem-solving skills
  
  
  

Academic Credentials

• Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
  
  
  

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