Ambiq Micro, Inc.

Ambiq Micro, Inc.

Director of Physical Design

Austin, Texas, United States · Director

Work authorization requiredDetected 162 days ago
CadenceElectrical EngineeringMedical DevicesResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • 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.
  • We do not sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas (now or in the future) for this role.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the physical design strategy for low‑power MCU product lines.
  • Build, mentor, and lead a high‑performing global physical design team.
  • Drive continuous improvement in design flows, automation, and signoff quality.
  • Partner with architecture and RTL teams to influence early design decisions.
  • Collaborate with product engineering and operations to ensure manufacturability and yield.
  • Interface with foundries to align on technology capabilities, PDK updates, and design rules.
  • Own physical design schedules, resource planning, and risk management.
  • Drive tape‑out readiness and post‑silicon debug support.
  • Built on our proprietary sub- and near-threshold technology, our chips deliver multi-fold improvements in energy efficiency without costly process scaling.
  • Our cross-functional teams span design, research, development, production, marketing, sales, and operations across Austin, Hsinchu, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Singapore.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
  • 15+ years of experience in physical design for complex SoCs, with at least 5 years in leadership roles.
  • Proven track record of delivering multiple chips to production.
  • Deep expertise in:
  • Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
  • Required
  • Low‑power design techniques (multi‑Vt, power gating, DVFS, retention, etc.)
  • Physical design tools (Synopsys, Cadence, Mentor)
  • Preferred
  • Familiarity with security-focused or safety-certified MCU designs (e.g., ISO 26262).

Nice to have

  • Advanced process nodes (40nm → 22nm → 12nm and below)
  • Strong understanding of MCU architectures and embedded system constraints.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • Experience with mixed‑signal SoCs and integration of analog IP.
  • Background in high-volume consumer or industrial MCU products.

Benefits

  • Since 2010, we've shipped over 300 million units to customers building smarter wearables, medical devices, IoT products, and AI-powered edge applications.

Company info

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

Visa & Work Authorization

  • We do not sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas (now or in the future) for this role.
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