Job Description
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 a member of the Security team at Ambiq the Embedded Software Engineer - Security will participate in extending and supporting Ambiq’s Secure Bootrom/Bootloader and SDK for the Apollo SoC and emulation platforms. This role will work within our global MCU software development team. It will work closely with the architecture team and the local MCU SoC design team focusing on MCU software development and test activities. A successful candidate should be a fast-learning result-driven and self-motivated team player with an “always learning” mindset. They should possess an inquiring spirit and be comfortable working in a lab environment with the ability to execute hands-on debugging for embedded systems. The candidate will be involved in extending each of these to cover new MCU members of the family as they become available.
Responsibilities
- Participate in the design implementation testing & support of the Secure Bootrom and Secure Bootloader solutions.
- Participate in automated testing and pre-silicon verification (via FPGA emulations) and post-silicon bring up verification and debug focusing on Secure Bootrom and Secure Bootloader are related HAL and Security Tools in the SDK.
- Testing of runtime cryptographic operations utilizing embedded hardware accelerators.
- Work closely with the SQA and System Test team to help define and implement test cases for security deliverables to ensure complete coverage.
- Work with other team members to implement the hardware abstraction layer (HAL) and board support package (BSP) of the SDK.
Qualifications
- BS/MS (EE CE or CS) with embedded projects utilizing both bare metal and RTOS systems/real-time environments.
- 2-5 years of work experience working with Embedded Security cryptography and secure boot concepts.
- Working knowledge of cryptographic algorithms and protocols including Public Key Infrastructure symmetric encryption algorithms hashing etc.
- Understanding of security implications for the embedded systems and familiarity with IoT security concepts (TrustZone CryptoCell and Secure boot)
- Work experience developing embedded C and ARM assembly language in a project setting with a focus on system initialization and low-level code.
- Strong proficiency in Python
- Experience with at least one IDE from ARM Keil IAR Eclipse or other
- Excellent problem-solving skills dealing with issues related to HW/SW debug
- Hands-on experience with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes logic analyzers Saleae etc. for debugging issues.
- Experience and understanding of software testing and test automation principles.
Skills Required
- BS/MS in EE CE or CS with embedded projects using bare metal and RTOS systems
- 2-5 years experience with Embedded Security cryptography and secure boot concepts
- Working knowledge of cryptographic algorithms and protocols (PKI symmetric encryption hashing)
- Familiarity with IoT security concepts (TrustZone CryptoCell Secure boot)
- Experience developing embedded C and ARM assembly focused on system initialization and low-level code
- Strong proficiency in Python
- Experience with at least one IDE (ARM/Keil/IAR/Eclipse)
- Excellent HW/SW debugging problem-solving skills
- Hands-on experience with lab equipment (oscilloscopes logic analyzers Saleae) for debugging
- Experience and understanding of software testing and test automation principles
- Experience with automated testing pre-silicon verification (FPGA emulation) and post-silicon bring-up
Ambiq Compensation & Benefits Highlights
- Healthcare Strength—Medical dental and vision coverage are part of the core package and the health insurance is portrayed positively across the provided information. This indicates dependable core healthcare support.
- Leave & Time Off Breadth—Paid time off and an expanded holiday schedule including a year‑end closure are highlighted. References to PTO accrual and carryover reinforce strong time‑off design.
- Parental & Family Support—Parental leave and family medical leave are explicitly included. This signals structured support for caregiving needs.
Ambiq Insights
What We Do
Ambiq® enables intelligence (AI and beyond) everywhere by delivering the lowest-power semiconductor solutions for battery-powered edge devices. As a pioneer in ultra-low power SoCs Ambiq empowers wearables IoT smart home healthcare and industrial products with always-on energy-efficient intelligence. Backed by our SPOT® technology and global innovation leadership Ambiq is shaping the future of edge AI.
Why Work With Us
Direct influence on silicon architectureSmaller high-impact teamsHardware/software co-design in real timeFaster technical decision cyclesVisible ownership at Staff & Director levelAustin-based collaboration culture
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Building silicon and embedded AI systems requires tight collaboration across firmware hardware validation and architecture teams.We believe the hardest engineering problems are solved through direct daily collaboration.
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