Senior Analog IC Design Lead — Ultra-Low Power

Ambiq-Micro,-Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambiq Micro, Inc. seeks a Senior Staff Analog IC Design Engineer to lead the definition and development of critical analog and mixed-signal subsystems across our portfolio.

This hands-on senior role influences architectures, guides implementations, and serves as a technical resource across the organization. The position is onsite five days per week in NW Austin, Texas, with responsibilities spanning specification, verification, layout, and test for next-generation ultra-low-power semiconductor

Qualifications

• Ownership of complex analog subsystems from specification through production.
• 8+ years of analog or mixed-signal IC design with multiple silicon cycles.
• Expertise in transistor-level design for power management, clocking, or data converters.
• Strong understanding of analog layout, parasitics, noise, variation, reliability, and advanced-node design constraints.
• Experience with post-silicon bring-up, characterization, debug, and manufacturing test.
• Ability to lead architecture and design decisions across teams without relying on formal authority.
• Current authorization to work in the United States for any employer.
• Must be willing to come into an office in NW Austin 5 days a week.

Responsibilities

• Lead block- and chip-level specification development for related analog subsystems.
• Define circuit architectures for power management, clocking, data-conversion, or comparable mixed-signal functions.
• Perform transistor-level design and verification for complex, high-risk analog blocks.
• Conduct or technically supervise layout, extraction, and post-layout closure.
• Lead design reviews and resolve cross-block technical issues.
• Define robust analog/digital interfaces in partnership with architecture, RTL, and verification teams.
• 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.
• Work with product, test, applications, and marketing teams on product definition, production issues, and complex customer problems.
• Drive designs from initial requirements through production release.

Skills

Analog IC design

Mixed-signal design

Transistor-level design

Power management

Clocking

Data converters

Layout understanding

Post-silicon bring-up

Leadership without authority

Education

BS or MS in EE/CE

Job description

Ambiq Micro, Inc. seeks a Senior Staff Analog IC Design Engineer to lead the definition and development of critical analog and mixed-signal subsystems across our portfolio.

This hands-on senior role influences architectures, guides implementations, and serves as a technical resource across the organization. The position is onsite five days per week in NW Austin, Texas, with responsibilities spanning specification, verification, layout, and test for next-generation ultra-low-power semiconductor