Ambiq Micro, Inc.
Sr Staff Analog IC Design 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.
- This is a hands-on senior technical role with influence extending beyond a single circuit or project.
Responsibilities
- Lead block- and chip-level specification development for related analog subsystems.
- Perform transistor-level design and verification for complex, high-risk analog blocks.
- Lead design reviews and resolve cross-block technical issues.
- Guide Staff and Senior engineers through technical reviews and day-to-day design decisions.
- Develop prototype-silicon validation and characterization strategies.
- Define manufacturing test requirements and support efficient test-program development.
- Drive designs from initial requirements through production release.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience in analog or mixed-signal IC design with multiple completed silicon design cycles.
- Strong understanding of analog layout, parasitics, matching, noise, variation, reliability, and advanced-node design constraints.
- Experience with post-silicon bring-up, characterization, debug, and manufacturing test.
- Must be willing to come into an office in NW Austin 5 days a week.
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Demonstrated ownership of complex analog subsystems from specification through production.
- Deep transistor-level design and verification expertise in at least one relevant area, such as power management, clocking, or data converters.
- Ability to lead architecture and design decisions across teams without relying on formal authority.
- Effective collaboration with digital, physical-design, product, test, applications, and systems teams.
- Experience mentoring senior engineers and improving the quality of design reviews.
- Current authorization to work in the United States for any employer.
Nice to have
- Breadth across PMU, clocking, and data-converter subsystems.
- Experience supporting multiple products or concurrent tapeouts.
- Ambiq offers the opportunity to solve unusually difficult power-efficiency problems while remaining close to the circuits.
- This role provides meaningful architectural influence, ownership throughout the complete silicon lifecycle, and the ability to shape both products and the analog team's technical growth.
Skills
- Company Overview
- Collaborate.
- The position is onsite five days per week in NW Austin, Texas.
- Your work will directly affect power consumption, performance, reliability, manufacturability, and customer success.
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.
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