Software Architect, Software Engineer, AI Engineer

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 have shipped more than 2 8 0+ million units worldwide.

Our innovative and fast-moving teams of design, research, development, production, marketing, sales, and operations are spread across several continents, including the US (Austin), Taiwan (Hsinchu), China (Shanghai and Shenzhen), and Singapore. We value relentless technology innovation, a deep commitment to customer success, collaborative problem-solving, and an enthusiastic pursuit of energy efficiency. We embrace candidates who also share these same values. The successful candidate must be self‑motivated, creative, and comfortable learning and driving exciting new technologies.

We encourage and nurture an environment that fosters growth and opportunities to work on complex, meaningful, and challenging projects, creating a lasting impact and shaping the future of technology. Join us on our quest for enabling billions of intelligent devices. The intelligence everywhere revolution starts here.

This role will be on‑site 5 days a week in NW Austin. Must have the right to work in the US without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Scope

As the Software Architect at Ambiq, you will drive the software architecture and requirements for our latest family of low‑power Edge AI MCUs. As a Software Architect, you will be working closely with our SoC hardware architects, product marketing, and our IP vendors to develop solid functional allocations and requirements for our software development and system test teams. The role will cover the areas of multi‑processor communications, data movement acceleration, virtual memory management, dynamic resource allocation, power optimization, and debug tools.

You will be embedded into Ambiq’s software development teams as the subject matter expert for the duration of the product development.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience in the early‑stage software development process. The candidate must have strong experience in embedded software programming on ARM Cortex‑M processors using RTOS. They must be familiar with methods for functional allocation, requirements traceability, Software Requirement Specification content, and make vs. buy analysis for commercial and open‑source software.

Responsibilities

• Requirements analysis based on disparate and preliminary information from SoC hardware architecture team, product marketing, other software architects, and software development teams resulting in contributions to a software requirements specification for the device. This should include any software prototyping required to refine the architectural understanding and requirements.
• Working closely with our field, product marketing, and system test teams to understand our Alpha customer use cases and their impact on requirements and testability.
• Engaging during the software implementation and test phases to review designs, test plans, code, and test case results as a SME for certain aspects of the SoC software architecture.
• Support performance and power optimization of the areas for which you are responsible.
• Define and enforce architectural standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to align architectural decisions with overall business objectives.
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues and recommend trade‑offs between software and hardware implementations.
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