John Ju | NTU Overseas Internship Program 臺大國際引水人計畫

PERSONAL BIO

John Ju is an expert practitioner in system-on-a-chip (SOC) development with over 20 years of experience. Ju applies this experience to ensure customer success.

Prior to Ambarella, Ju led the system team for multi-core, multi-thread processors at Afara, which was acquired by Sun in 2002. Before Afara, Ju held multiple senior management positions at C-Cube, where he was responsible for software development for multiple generations of C-Cube video processors. Prior to C-Cube, Ju pioneered MPEG video algorithm development at Sarnoff Research Lab.

WORK EXPERIENCE AND AWARDS

Sr. Vice President, Ambarella (2022-present)
VP, Ambarella, USA (2004-2022)
Sr. Manager, Sun Microsystems, USA (2002-2004)
Director Afara Websystems, USA (2001-2002)
Director, C-Cube Microsystems (1995-2001)

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Master in Computer and Electrical Engineering, Princeton University
Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University

VacancIES

Brief Introduction of the Department

The rapid acceleration of deep learning and generative AI is leading to new generations of high-performance and low-power chip architecture. At Ambarella, architecture engineers work at the forefront of this technological leap in computer architecture. Our team members translate algorithms into hardware design specifications, identify performance bottlenecks, optimize system performance and build our knowledge into software libraries to benefit other internal teams and external customers across different target markets. We are looking for a senior architecture engineers who are familiar with the concept of HW/SW co-design, with hands-on hardware modeling experience and critical software expertise to contribute to the next generation of our SOCs.

Department Staff Number

More than 10 people

Internship Job Description

Ambarella has some exciting internship opportunities for self-motivated and creative students near completing of their master's or Ph.D degree. We are looking for talented software programmers who possess a strong interest in computer architecture, VLSI design, image processing, video compression, and computer vision.

Architecture interns study hardware and software trade-offs present in the latest version of our chips and explore uses of both to solve real-world problems. Interns may develop software models of important behaviors in hardware co-processors such as memory bandwidth and pipeline latency or develop visualization tools to illustrate architecture behavior. Interns produce support tools to enable software to make efficient use of hardware co-processors. A final presentation at the end of the internships describes their findings and allows other team members to use their work for ongoing projects.

The internship program requires experience in modern programming languages and computer architecture. C++, C, Python, Perl, and assembly are our popular tools. Exposure to common neural networks frameworks such as Caffe or TensorFlow helps. We expect that interns will be able to pick up missing skills quickly, deliver their assignments on time, and present their work at the end of the program.

Preferred Intern Education Level

Master students
Doctoral students

Preferred Intern Skill Sets or Qualities

Experience in modern programming languages and computer architecture
Excellent in C++, C, Python, Perl, and assembly
Exposure to common neural networks frameworks such as Caffe or TensorFlow helps
Be able to pick up missing skills quickly, deliver their assignments on time, and present their work at the end of the program
Having a valid driving license is a plus

Internship Period

From June 9 to August 31, 2025 (adjustable at the discretion of the organisation)

Others

Expected working hours per week: 40 hours
Salaries (stipends) will be provided
Benefits will be provided
The DS-2019 fee will be covered by Ambarella Corp. Students are responsible for the VISA application fee.