Staff Embedded Software Engineer - Cortex-M & Zephyr

Ambiq-Micro,-Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambiq seeks a Staff Applications Software Engineer in Singapore to support Apollo and Atomiq SoCs. You will work with hardware and software teams, develop software including example applications, device drivers, HAL updates, and Zephyr enablement, and assist customers with AmbiqSDKs and evaluation hardware.

You should have strong embedded development on Cortex-M MCUs, experience with real-time OSes, and solid communication skills; familiarity with scripting and modern AI-assisted development

Qualifications

• MS in ECE or Computer Science and 6+ years of experience or BS in ECE/CS with 8+ years of experience.
• Experience developing embedded MCU code in C is required.
• Experience with embedded systems in real-time environments.
• Experience with Zephyr is a plus.
• Experience with at least one MCU IDE from ARM, Keil, IAR, SEGGER, or other.
• Familiarity with MCU peripherals including SPI, I2C, UART, ADC, USB, I2S and PDM. MIPI and USB are a plus.
• Experience with Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy.
• Experience with short-range technologies including Zigbee and Thread are a plus.
• Experience working hands-on in the lab.
• Familiarity with source code control systems (git) required.
• Excellent problem-solving skills dealing with complex system level issues related to HW/SW debug.
• Experience in embedded security and cryptographic algorithms is a plus.
• Experience with embedded graphics and display technologies is a plus.
• Experience with scripting languages required, and python experience is specifically desirable.
• Experience leveraging modern AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., Cursor, Codex, or similar) is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design, debug, porting, and analysis of embedded microcontroller software drivers, algorithms, application code, board support packages, automated scripts, and design test cases to provide the required functionality to end customers.
• Collaborate with internal development teams to analyze and debug complex system-level issues and develop software solutions.
• Create application notes, knowledge base articles, and software design guidelines.
• Assist customers with the use of the AmbiqSDKs and hardware platforms.
• Collaborate with hardware engineering in the architecture and design of hardware evaluation platforms, provide software for test and debug of hardware evaluation platforms.
• Develop custom software functions and applications to facilitate microcontroller performance analysis and silicon issue debugging.

Skills

Embedded development

C/C++ programming

RTOS experience

Python scripting

Debugging complex system-level issues

Education

MS in ECE or CS

BS in ECE/CS with 8+ years

Tools

Arm/Keil/IAR/SEGGER IDEs

Git

Zephyr RTOS

Job description

Ambiq seeks a Staff Applications Software Engineer in Singapore to support Apollo and Atomiq SoCs. You will work with hardware and software teams, develop software including example applications, device drivers, HAL updates, and Zephyr enablement, and assist customers with AmbiqSDKs and evaluation hardware.

You should have strong embedded development on Cortex-M MCUs, experience with real-time OSes, and solid communication skills; familiarity with scripting and modern AI-assisted development