Senior Director, Ultra-Low-Power SoC Architecture

Ambiq; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambiq in Austin seeks a Senior Director of SOC System Architecture to define the next generation of ultra-low-power AI SoCs powering wearables, edge devices, IoT, and battery-powered products. You will own architecture from concept through production, collaborating with Architecture, Hardware, Software, Marketing, and customers to deliver smarter, energy-efficient edge solutions.

You’ll mentor teams, drive architectural tradeoffs, evaluate IP, and translate architecture into silicon while

Qualifications

• 15+ years of SoC, processor, microcontroller, or related system architecture experience.
• Deep understanding of low-power embedded systems for wearable, IoT, mobile devices.
• Experience defining and delivering complex SoC architectures from concept through silicon.
• Strong cross-functional technical leadership and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture definition for Ambiq’s next-generation ultra-low-power AI SoCs from concept through production.
• Define system architecture across processors, memory, interconnect, clocking, power management, and hardware accelerators.
• Drive power, performance, area, and system-level tradeoffs for highly constrained embedded devices.
• Develop architecture and microarchitecture specifications, system dataflows, and power/performance models.
• Make key hardware/software partitioning decisions in partnership with software and systems teams.
• Evaluate internal and third-party IP, including AI/ML accelerators, and influence Ambiq’s long-term technology roadmap.
• Partner with design, verification, FPGA, physical design, and software teams to translate architecture into working silicon.
• Work with customers and product teams to understand critical use cases and translate them into future SoC capabilities.
• Support pre-silicon development, silicon bring-up, post-silicon analysis, and production readiness.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across Ambiq’s architecture and engineering organization.

Skills

SoC architecture

Low-power embedded systems

Cross-functional leadership

Written and verbal communication

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

MS or PhD

Job description

Ambiq in Austin seeks a Senior Director of SOC System Architecture to define the next generation of ultra-low-power AI SoCs powering wearables, edge devices, IoT, and battery-powered products. You will own architecture from concept through production, collaborating with Architecture, Hardware, Software, Marketing, and customers to deliver smarter, energy-efficient edge solutions.

You’ll mentor teams, drive architectural tradeoffs, evaluate IP, and translate architecture into silicon while