Ambiq Micro, Inc.
Sr. Staff SoC RTL Engineer
Austin, Texas, United States · Staff+
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About the role
- If that's you, join us - the intelligence everywhere revolution starts here.
- Our ultra-low-power MCUs and SoCs power smart wearables, medical devices, connected sensors, and intelligent edge products where performance matters-but every microwatt counts.
- At Ambiq, you will not disappear into one narrow corner of a massive organization.
Responsibilities
- Develop production-quality RTL using Verilog and SystemVerilog
- Own complex blocks from specification through pre-tapeout signoff
- Collaborate with Physical Design teams to resolve timing, power, area, and implementation issues
- Support FPGA prototyping, silicon bring-up, and post-silicon debug
- Contribute to low-power design through clock gating, power management, and efficient data movement
- 8+ years of hands-on ASIC or SoC RTL design experience
- 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.
- We move fast, tackle hard problems, and create space for people to grow through complex, meaningful work that shapes the future of technology.
- Help Build the Digital Hardware Behind Ultra-Low-Power Edge Intelligence
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
- Experience creating or contributing to architecture and microarchitecture specifications
- Familiarity with ARM-based SoCs, CPU subsystems, or AMBA protocols such as AHB, APB, or AXI
- Experience supporting tapeout, silicon bring-up, or post-silicon debug
- Experience That Would Be Especially Valuable
Benefits
- Partner with verification engineers on test planning, debug, and coverage closure
- 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
- 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.
- What We're Looking For
- Ambiq is on a mission to enable intelligence everywhere - powering the AI edge revolution with the world's lowest-power semiconductor solutions.
- At Ambiq, we live by five values:
- Ambiq is on a mission to enable intelligence everywhere by delivering some of the world's most energy-efficient semiconductor solutions.
- We are looking for a Senior Staff SoC RTL Engineer to help architect, design, and deliver the digital hardware inside our next-generation products.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Candidates must be currently authorized to work in the United States.
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