Staff Applications HW Engineer: Low-Power PCB Design

Ambiq; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambiq in Austin is seeking a Staff Applications Hardware Engineer to lead development of evaluation hardware for SoCs. You will collaborate with software, design, and field engineering teams to deliver low-friction hardware solutions for power-efficient ASICs in wearable and IoT products.

The role requires hands-on PCB design, debugging on ARM platforms, and strong lab skills with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.

Qualifications

• MS in ECE with 6+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with hardware architecture design, PCB bring-up, and testing.
• Hands-on lab experience with test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).
• Experience debugging ARM-based platforms and MCU peripherals.

Responsibilities

• PCB hardware architecture, design, development, and testing.
• Collaborate with internal engineering and validation teams to analyze and debug complex system-level issues.
• Conduct customer hardware design reviews and bridge communication between field and engineering teams.
• Assist with embedded software drivers, board support packages, and testing.
• Develop manufacturing test procedures and hardware for board builds overseas.
• Create application notes and hardware design guidelines.
• Assist customers with Ambiq SDK and hardware platforms.

Skills

Hardware debugging

Power design

Lab instrumentation

ARM-based debugging

Education

MS in ECE

BS in ECE

Tools

Altium Designer

Cadence

Oscilloscope

Logic Analyzer

Job description

Ambiq in Austin is seeking a Staff Applications Hardware Engineer to lead development of evaluation hardware for SoCs. You will collaborate with software, design, and field engineering teams to deliver low-friction hardware solutions for power-efficient ASICs in wearable and IoT products.

The role requires hands-on PCB design, debugging on ARM platforms, and strong lab skills with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.