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 290 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.
Responsibilities
- Chip level and block level spec definition
- Circuit architectural design and verification
- Transistor-level analog IC circuit design and verification
- Directly conduct or closely supervise the analog circuit layout
- Conduct design reviews and resolve action items generated as a result of these reviews
- Attend design reviews to provide input and guidance to other designers
- Work with digital designers to interface with and verify analog circuit block
- Assist in prototype chip testing to validate analog circuit blocks
- Develop and implement a manufacturing test plan for analog circuit blocks; support efficient test program development
- Support marketing in product definition
- Support product engineering to meet manufacturing/production needs
- Support applications engineering to meet customer needs
- Master’s degree or equivalent training in related field and 10+ years of related experience. An advanced degree (e.g. PhD) may reduce the minimum experience required.
- Experience in the full design flow from specification to circuit design/verification to prototype testing to high volume production support
- Experience in top level verification integration of IP blocks LVS DRC FILL and tape out experience desirable.
- Experience designing various analog circuits including voltage regulators voltage reference generators analog-to-digital converters crystal oscillators and DC-DC converters
- Experience with IO and ESD is extremely desirable
- Solid background in semiconductor physics and signal processing
- Experience designing subthreshold-biased or ultra-low power analog circuits is extremely desirable
- Experience with mixed mode simulators and Verilog-ams is extremely desirable
- Experience working with a team of analog and digital designers in a mixed-signal environment
- Experience guiding layout trade-offs for performance and size
- Experience designing analog circuits for testability using special test modes production trimming etc.
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.
Skills Required
- Master's degree or equivalent training and 10+ years of related experience (advanced degree may reduce experience requirement)
- Experience in full design flow: specification circuit design/verification prototype testing and high-volume production support
- Experience in top-level verification integration of IP blocks LVS DRC FILL and tape out
- Experience designing analog circuits (voltage regulators voltage reference generators ADCs crystal oscillators DC-DC converters)
- Experience with IO and ESD
- Solid background in semiconductor physics and signal processing
- Experience designing subthreshold-biased or ultra-low-power analog circuits
- Experience with mixed-mode simulators and Verilog-AMS
- Experience working with analog and digital designers in a mixed-signal environment
- Experience guiding layout trade-offs for performance and size
- Experience designing analog circuits for testability using special test modes and production trimming
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer; employer does not sponsor visas
Ambiq Compensation & Benefits Highlights
- Healthcare Strength—Health coverage is characterized as strong with medical dental and vision included and plan quality described favorably. Additional supports such as FSA and related wellness-oriented perks are referenced reinforcing overall healthcare breadth.
- Fair & Transparent Compensation—Pay is considered decent-to-good and roughly market-aligned overall with certain roles described as competitive within the market. Total rewards span base bonus and equity supporting a perception of balanced compensation.
- Leave & Time Off Breadth—Paid time off is part of the core package and generous parental leave is referenced by external profiles. Together these elements indicate a reasonably comprehensive time-off offering.
Ambiq Insights
What We Do
Ambiq makes unprecedented energy-efficient SoCs and ultra-low power platform solutions that enable edge AI on billions of battery-powered devices. Our mission is to put intelligence everywhere by delivering the lowest-power semiconductor solutions on the planet. With SPOT® technology and the Apollo SoC family Ambiq empowers innovators to build smarter longer-lasting wearables IoT smart home healthcare and industrial devices.Ambiq has helped leading manufacturers worldwide develop products that last weeks on a single charge (rather than days) while delivering a maximum feature set in compact industrial designs. Ambiq's goal is to take Artificial Intelligence (AI) where it has never gone before in mobile and portable devices using Ambiq's advanced ultra-low power system on chip (SoC) solutions. Ambiq has shipped more than 200 million units as of March 2023. The next generation of AI will not depend on constant cloud connectivity.It will run directly on ultra-low-power silicon in wearables sensors and embedded systems.At Ambiq we design and ship production silicon that enables:Real-time inference on constrained devicesModels optimized to run in tens of KBExtreme power efficiency for battery-operated systemsDeep hardware/software co-designThis is not research. It’s deployed technology.
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
Ambiq Offices
OnSite Workspace
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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