Field Application Engineer - Central US

Ambiq; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambiq is seeking a Field Applications Engineer in Minneapolis, MN, to provide direct support to global clients. Ideal candidates will have over 8 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, particularly with embedded systems. Responsibilities include supporting customers in product development, optimizing power consumption, and providing technical guidance. Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and experience with low-power microcontrollers. The role requires up to 50% travel.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in a Field Applications Engineering role in the semiconductor industry.
• Experience with embedded 32-bit MCU software and hardware.
• Experience debugging common embedded MCU hardware and software issues.

Responsibilities

• Support customer design activities from pre-sales.
• Advise on optimizing power consumption.
• Perform design reviews of customer schematics and PCB layouts.
• Support customer software and hardware bring-up and debug.
• Evangelize emerging technology and train sales team.

Skills

Embedded systems development

Power optimization

Customer support

Technical presentation

Low-power microcontrollers

Communications protocols (Bluetooth, WLAN, ZigBee)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

C programming

Embedded software development tools

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.

Scope

The Field Applications Engineer (FAE) will provide direct support to global customers with a focus on customers in the assigned region. The role involves supporting the development and debug of products using Ambiq ultra‑low power solutions, assisting in all aspects of the customer design‑in process, and supporting customers’ hardware and software development through to full production. The candidate must quickly learn and support Ambiq products, read/write technical specifications and requirements, develop and refine hardware designs, apply system integration and lab skills, demonstrate strong problem‑solving abilities, and work closely with customers and internal engineering to help develop and launch customers’ new products. The role requires traveling up to 50% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Ambiq sales to support customer design‑in activities starting from pre‑sales activities
• Be an authority on low power design and advise customers on how to optimize power consumption at a system level
• Perform design reviews of customer schematics and PCB layouts
• Assist customers in the use of Ambiq MCU software development tools
• Support bring‑up and debug of customer designs, including software, hardware, and overall system
• Feedback customers’ inputs to marketing and engineering to shape the development of new ICs and reference designs
• Review customer software and hardware design requirements to understand current and future challenges
• Evangelize emerging technology and train or enable the sales team

Qualifications

Ideal candidates will be engineers with experience developing software and hardware in embedded systems. The candidate should have experience visiting customers and supporting them, and be comfortable presenting and discussing complex technical topics. They should have experience with energy‑constrained, battery‑powered products and expertise in leading low‑power microcontrollers, DSPs, radios, and other peripherals from industry leaders. Knowledge of wearable and hearable product designs is desirable. Solid electrical engineering, embedded software/firmware development (C programming), digital and analog circuit fundamentals, and laboratory skills are a must. Strong communication and teamwork skills are required. Experience with wireless standards such as Bluetooth, WLAN, or ZigBee will be a plus, and application experience with ARM‑based microcontrollers is strongly desired.

Looking for folks who have had specific experience:

• 8+ years in a Field Applications Engineering role in the semiconductor industry
• Extensive experience visiting, presenting to, and working with customers
• Experience with embedded 32‑bit MCU software and hardware is required
• Experience with Cortex‑M ARM‑based microcontrollers is highly desirable
• Experience debugging common embedded MCU hardware and software issues
• Experience supporting and designing with low‑power radios (BLE, BT Classic, 802.15.4) is desirable
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (or related field) required; candidates without a degree must have a minimum of 10+ years of directly related professional experience.

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.

Key Personal and Professional Attributes

Ambiq management is building a company that values ongoing technology innovation, a fanatical focus on customer needs, collaborative decision‑making, and, above all, enthusiasm for energy efficiency. The incoming FAE should embrace these same values. The FAE must also be creative and comfortable supporting entirely new chip products for new classes of battery‑powered devices. The ideal FAE candidate will be hungry for success and will be ready to adapt and grow rapidly with Ambiq in the coming years.