Staff Engineer - Hardware

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Ambiq's mission is to enable intelligence everywhere by delivering the lowest power semiconductor solutions. Ambiq is a pioneer and a leading provider of ultra‑low‑power semiconductor solutions based on our proprietary and patented sub- and near‑threshold technologies. With the increasing power requirements of artificial intelligence (AI) computing, our customers are relying on our solutions to deliver AI to edge environments. Our hardware and software innovations fundamentally deliver a multi‑fold improvement in power consumption over traditional semiconductor designs without expensive process geometry scaling.

We began in 2010 by addressing the power consumption challenges of battery‑powered devices at the edge, where they were most pronounced. As of the beginning of 2025, we've shipped more than 280+ million units worldwide.

As the Staff Applications Hardware Engineer at Ambiq, you will drive the development of both internal and customer‑facing evaluation hardware. This role will work with our software development team, our design engineering team, and our field engineering team to satisfy internal and customer needs for low‑friction solutions to evaluate our SoC performance and power. The successful candidate should have strong experience with PCB development for battery‑operated consumer electronics devices.

Experience with wearable devices is a definite plus. The candidate must have experience with developing for and debugging on ARM‑based platforms, and should have experience with low‑power designs. The person in this role will be involved in debugging device‑level issues on our SoCs, supporting our field engineers for customer issues with their components and boards, and supporting customer‑facing documentation such as Application Notes and Hardware Design Guidelines.

• PCB hardware architecture, design, development, and testing
• Collaborate with internal engineering and validation teams to analyze and debug complex system‑level issues and develop solutions
• Bridge the communication between the field and engineering teams for field issues and manage issue status tracking
• Assist with the design, debug, and testing of embedded microcontroller software drivers, algorithms, application code, board support packages, automated scripts, and design test cases to provide the required functionality to end customers
• Develop manufacturing test procedures and hardware for board builds overseas
• Create application notes, knowledge base articles, and hardware design guidelines
• Assist customers with the use of Ambiq SDK and hardware platforms

• MS in ECE and 4+ years of experience OR BS ECE with 5+ years of experience
• Experience with hardware architecture design, component placement, layout, manufacturing test, system bring‑up and testing
• Experience designing PCB schematics and layout using Altium Designer, Cadence, or similar PCB design software
• Experience with MCU peripherals including SPI, I2C, UART, ADC, MIPI, USB, I2S and PDM
• Experience with controlled impedance and high‑speed interface PCB layout
• Experience working hands‑on in the lab and using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers
• Excellent problem‑solving skills dealing with complex system‑level issues related to HW/SW debug
• Experience with at least one MCU IDE from ARM, Keil, IAR, Eclipse or other is a plus

We're seeking passionate technologists who thrive on pushing boundaries, solving complex challenges, and driving transformative solutions. At Ambiq, you'll collaborate with a dynamic team that values relentless innovation, customer‑centric thinking, and continuous learning. If you're a self‑motivated, creative problem‑solver eager to push technological limits and make a meaningful impact in energy efficiency, this is your opportunity to grow, excel, and turn groundbreaking ideas into reality.

• Innovate:
  We tenaciously find ways to break down the barriers to possible solutions
• Collaborate:
  We proactively communicate and encourage each other to be better
• Focus:
  We keep the voice of the customer at the center of everything we do
• Learn:
  We strive for continuous improvement and are always curious
• Achieve:
  We execute on quality and follow through on our commitments

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Semiconductor Manufacturing

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Location:

Austin, TX, Salary: $80,000.00-$