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Principal Software Engineer |Multimedia - Tech Lead
The Role:
The individual will be a technical leader and contributor to the design and development of multimedia software (application, middleware, driver, and firmware). A comprehensive and deep understanding of video codecs (AVC/HEVC/VP9/AV1) and video processing is a must. Hand-on experience is also required.
The Person:
We are seeking a self-motivated and quick learner to fill a technical leadership role. This individual will have technical expertise and the ability to lead, mentor, and build a small engineering team consisting of both contractors and full-time employees.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement device driver for new AMD GPU/APU products
- Craft and build Multimedia functionality to support new HW, SW or OS specifications
- Reproduce, debug and resolve graphics driver issues with specific hardware and software contexts
- Craft and develop test applications and quality assurance programs
- Collaborate with other teams, including RTL, Architecture, Physical Design, Emulation, software, Firmware to ensure multimedia power requirements are met across the hardware-software stack.
Required Expertise (10+ years experience)
- Deep knowledge of Multimedia (video codecs for encode and decode, color formats, video pre and post processing and presents)
- Experience with workload power modeling, scheduling and load balancing for performance/power trade-offs on embedded systems
- Experience with Analyzing the power and performance characteristics of Video, AI, Graphics workloads to optimize Battery life
- Embedded FW development and knowledge of assembly language with Strong C/C++ programming skills
- Experience with x86 CPU architecture and SW implementation for System-On-Chip
- Experience with device driver design and implementation for graphics and other peripherals
- Kernel Mode and user mode debugging design, implement and debug skills, experience with WinDbg, SoftICE, etc.
- Experience with FPGA systems for design and Verification
- Familiar with emulation tools and pre-silicon prototyping systems
- Troubleshooting, ability to triage and root cause issue
Academic Credentials:
- University Degree or Post Graduate Degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Software Engineering
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AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants' needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.
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