Senior Embedded Software PM — AI Edge (On-site NW Austin)

Ambiq-Micro,-Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambiq seeks a Senior Software Program Manager to lead planning, coordination, and execution of AmbiqSuite SDK programs across current and next-generation ARM Cortex-M based SoCs. You’ll partner with software and hardware teams from pre-silicon planning through silicon bring-up, production releases, and maintenance.

You will develop executable plans, track milestones, manage risks, and drive best practices to deliver high-quality software to customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field (MS preferred).
• 10+ years of technical program management or engineering leadership in embedded software for semiconductors or consumer electronics.
• Strong understanding of embedded software development practices, lifecycles, and Agile methodologies.
• Experience creating integrated project schedules from engineering estimates and managing execution across multiple programs.
• Ability to communicate with software developers and technical leaders and translate discussions into actionable plans.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, scheduling and execution of multiple embedded software development programs from pre-silicon to production releases.
• Develop integrated plans with engineering teams to estimate effort, identify dependencies, and milestones.
• Track execution across projects; identify risks, constraints, and dependencies.
• Prioritize work with design engineering and management; balance resources across programs.
• Coordinate software activities with SoC architecture, RTL design, design verification, validation, and applications engineering.
• Drive cross-functional communication and timely escalation of program risks.
• Monitor software quality metrics, defect trends, release readiness, and execution health.
• Develop dashboards and executive status reports for schedules, risks, and resources.
• Support software release planning, customer commitments, and product launches.

Skills

Embedded software development

Agile methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

CI/CD systems

Defect tracking

Release management

Project management tools

Job description

Ambiq seeks a Senior Software Program Manager to lead planning, coordination, and execution of AmbiqSuite SDK programs across current and next-generation ARM Cortex-M based SoCs. You’ll partner with software and hardware teams from pre-silicon planning through silicon bring-up, production releases, and maintenance.

You will develop executable plans, track milestones, manage risks, and drive best practices to deliver high-quality software to customers.