Ambiq

Ultra-low power MCUs for IoT wearables

Staff Applications Hardware Engineer

Board & Electronics DesignConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeAustin, TX, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering with at least six years of experience, or a Bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering with at least eight years of experience.
Experience with hardware architecture design, component placement, layout, manufacturing test, system bring-up, and testing.
Experience designing printed circuit board schematics and layouts using Altium Designer, Cadence, or similar printed circuit board design software.
Experience with microcontroller peripherals including Serial Peripheral Interface, Inter-Integrated Circuit, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, analog-to-digital converter, Mobile Industry Processor Interface, Universal Serial Bus, Inter-IC Sound, and Pulse-Density Modulation.
Experience with controlled impedance and high-speed interface printed circuit board layout.
Hands-on laboratory experience and experience using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
Experience developing and debugging on ARM-based platforms and with low-power designs.
Strong experience with printed circuit board development for battery-operated consumer electronics devices.
Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
Experience with wearable devices is a plus.
Experience with at least one microcontroller integrated development environment from ARM, Keil, IAR, Eclipse, or another provider is a plus.

Responsibilities

Drive development of internal and customer-facing evaluation hardware.
Design, develop, and test printed circuit board hardware architecture.
Collaborate with internal engineering and validation teams to analyze and debug complex system-level issues and develop solutions.
Conduct customer hardware design reviews, help debug customer hardware issues, bridge communication between field and engineering teams, and manage issue status tracking.
Assist with the design, debugging, and testing of embedded microcontroller software drivers, algorithms, application code, board support packages, automated scripts, and design test cases to provide required functionality to end customers.
Develop manufacturing test procedures and hardware for overseas board builds.
Create application notes, knowledgebase articles, and hardware design guidelines.
Assist customers with using the Ambiq software development kit and hardware platforms.
Debug device-level issues on systems-on-chip and support field engineers with customer issues involving components and boards.
Support customer-facing documentation, including application notes and hardware design guidelines.

Desired Qualifications

Experience with wearable devices.
Experience with at least one microcontroller integrated development environment from ARM, Keil, IAR, Eclipse, or another provider.

Company Overview

Ambiq is on a mission to enable intelligence everywhere — powering the AI edge revolution with the world's lowest-power semiconductor solutions.

Built on our proprietary sub- and near-threshold technology, our chips deliver multi-fold improvements in energy efficiency without costly process scaling. Since 2010, we've shipped over 300 million units to customers building smarter wearables, medical devices, IoT products, and AI-powered edge applications.

Our cross-functional teams span design, research, development, production, marketing, sales, and operations across Austin, Hsinchu, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Singapore. We move fast, tackle hard problems, and create space for people to grow through complex, meaningful work that shapes the future of technology.

We're looking for self-motivated, creative problem-solvers who are eager to push technological limits and make a real impact in energy efficiency.

At Ambiq, we live by five values: Innovate. Collaborate. Focus. Learn. Achieve.

If that's you, join us — the intelligence everywhere revolution starts here.

This role will be on-site 5 days a week in NW Austin.

Scope

As the Staff Applications Hardware Engineerat Ambiq, you will drive the development of both internal and customer facingevaluation 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 developingand debugging on ARM-basedplatforms and should have experience with low-power designs.

The person in this role will involve debugging device level issues on our SoCs, supporting our field engineers for customer issues with their components and boards, and supportingcustomer facingdocumentation such as Application Notes and Hardware Design Guidelines.

Responsibilities

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

Conduct customer hardware design reviews, help debug customer hardware issues, bridge the communication between field and engineering teams, 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, knowledgebase articles, and hardware design guidelines

Assist customers with the use of Ambiq SDK and hardware platforms

Qualifications

MS in ECE and6+ years of experience or BS ECE with 8+ 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

Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer. We do not sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas (now or in the future) for this role.

About the Company

Ambiq

Ultra-low power MCUs for IoT wearables

Ambiq designs and sells microcontroller units (MCUs) and system-on-chips (SoCs) that minimize power use for battery-powered IoT and wearable devices. Their chips achieve ultra-low power by combining energy-efficient hardware and software, allowing devices to run longer between charges. They differentiate themselves through a dedicated focus on low-power performance and by earning revenue from silicon sales, technology licensing, and partnerships. Their goal is to enable longer-lasting, energy-efficient endpoint devices across gaming, hearables, industrial IoT, smart homes, wearables, and related markets.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Austin, TX
Founded: 2010

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