Software Architect Austin, Texas, United States

Ambiq Micro Inc; Austin (TX); Híbrido; USD 180 000 - 240 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Ambiq Micro Inc in Austin, TX seeks a Software Architect to lead software architecture for our low-power Edge AI MCU family. You will work with SoC hardware architects, marketing, and IP vendors to develop solid software allocations and requirements for development and test teams.

The candidate will have 12+ years in embedded real-time software, strong C/C++, ARM Cortex-M, and RTOS expertise, with experience in requirements specs and trade-offs between OSS and licensed software.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's or master's degree in EE, CE or CS.
• 12+ years of embedded software experience in real-time environments.
• C/C++ and assembly on ARM Cortex-M targets.
• Experience writing software requirements with testability and open-source/licensed software trade-offs.
• Experience with inter-processor communication and memory management in embedded systems.

Responsabilidades

• Define and enforce software architecture for multi-processor SoCs and edge AI MCUs.
• Collaborate with hardware, product marketing and IP vendors on requirements and test plans.
• Mentor junior engineers and guide software development teams through implementation and validation.
• Support power optimization and performance tuning for embedded targets.
• Review designs, test plans, code, and test results as SME for SoC software.
• Ensure alignment with architectural standards and business objectives.

Conhecimentos

Embedded software development

C/C++ programming

ARM Cortex-M

RTOS experience

Software architecture

Formação académica

B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Ferramentas

Keil

IAR

Eclipse

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Ambiqis 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 300 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.

This role will be on-site 5 days a week in NW Austin. Must have the right to work in the US without visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Scope

As the Software Architect at Ambiq, you will drive the software architecture and requirements for our latest family of low-power Edge AI MCUs. As a Software Architect, you will be working closely with our SoC hardware architects, product marketing, and our IP vendors to develop solid functional allocations and requirements for our software development and system test teams. The role will cover the areas of multi-processor communications, data movement acceleration, virtual memory management, dynamic resource allocation, power optimization, and debug tools. You will be embedded into Ambiq’s software development teams as the subject matter expert for the duration of the product development.

The successful candidate will have extensive experience in the early-stage software development process. The candidate must have strong experience in embedded software programming on ARM Cortex-M processors using RTOS. They must be familiar with methods for functional allocation, requirements traceability, Software Requirement Specification content, and make vs. buy analysis for commercial and open-source software.

Responsibilities

• Requirements analysis based on disparate and preliminary information from SoC hardware architecture team, product marketing, other software architects, and software development teams resulting in contributions to a software requirements specification for the device. This should include any software prototyping required to refine the architectural understanding and requirements.
• Working closely with our field, product marketing, and system test teams to understand our Alpha customer use cases and their impact on requirements and testability.
• Engaging during the software implementation and test phases to review designs, test plans, code, and test case results as a SME for certain aspects of the SoC software architecture.
• Support performance and power optimization of the areas for which you are responsible.
• Define and enforce architectural standards, guidelines, and best practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align architectural decisions with overall business objectives.
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues and recommend trade-offs between software and hardware implementations.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals.
• Mentor and guide junior team members.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's of Science or Master's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 12+ years of experience developing embedded software for real-time environments (bare metal and RTOS).
• Experienced in code development in C/C++ and assembly language for embedded targets using ARM Cortex-M processors.
• Experience in writing software requirements specifications with an eye towards customer use cases, derived software requirements, and testability on FPGA-based emulation platforms, as well as full system reference designs.
• Experience with asymmetric multicore systems and control/data plane interaction, including inter-processor communication via remote processor messaging frameworks (e.g., OpenAMP or RPMsg).
• Experience with general-purpose data movement engines, memory management units, memory protection, L1/L2 caches, shared memories, and dual-port memories.
• Experience in power optimization for embedded systems is desirable. Familiarity with voltage and frequency scaling, clock gating, sleep/wake cycles, and low-power modes of processors and peripherals.
• Familiarity with at least one MCU IDE on Windows from ARM/Keil, IAR, Eclipse, or others.
• Familiarity with Trust Zone for M-Class microcontrollers and/or Trusted Firmware for microcontrollers is preferred.
• Experience with Graphics, Display and Audio/Video processing in embedded systems preferred.
• The candidate must be able to independently manage assigned tasks, prioritize workload, and meet deadlines with minimal supervision. Proactive problem-solving skills and the ability to seek clarification when needed are essential.

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