Staff Applications Software Engineer, Power & Low-Power MCU

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

Job summary

Ambiq Micro, Inc. is seeking a Staff Applications Software Engineer, Power, to join our Austin team. You will collaborate across Architecture, Design, Validation, Sales, and Software to illustrate low-power advantages of Ambiq’s SoC portfolio and develop tools for power estimation and profiling.

The role requires hands-on embedded software development, strong Cortex-M expertise, and experience in power optimization for IoT devices. On-site in NW Austin.

Qualifications

• Experience developing embedded MCU code in C.
• Experience with embedded systems in real-time environments.
• Experience optimizing power efficiency in consumer electronics and IoT.
• Experience with Zephyr is a plus.
• Experience with at least one MCU IDE from ARM, Keil, IAR, SEGGER, or other.
• Familiarity with MCU peripherals including SPI, I2C, UART, ADC, USB, I2S, and PDM. MIPI and USB are a plus.
• Experience with Bluetooth and Bluetooth Low Energy.
• Experience with short-range technologies including Zigbee and Thread is a plus.
• Hands‑on lab experience with equipment such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and power measurement equipment.
• Familiarity with source code control systems (git) required.
• Excellent problem-solving skills for complex system-level HW/SW debug issues.
• Experience with embedded graphics and display technologies is a plus.
• Scripting experience is required, and Python experience is especially desirable.
• Experience leveraging modern AI-assisted software development tools (e.g., Cursor, Codex, or similar) is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with product marketing, field engineering, validation, software development, and system test teams to develop power-related example applications, tools, and documentation.
• Support power optimization across AmbiqSuite and Zephyr SDK offerings; characterize SoC and system power use cases; and demonstrate our competitive advantage to the market.
• Design, debug, port, and analyze embedded microcontroller software drivers, algorithms, application code, board support packages, automated scripts, and test cases to provide the required functionality to end customers.
• Collaborate with internal development teams to analyze and debug complex system-level issues and develop software solutions.
• Assist customers in using the Ambiq SDK s and hardware platforms.
• Collaborate with hardware engineering in the architecture and design of hardware evaluation platforms; provide software for testing and debugging of hardware evaluation platforms.
• Develop custom software functions and applications to support microcontroller power and performance analysis and silicon-issue debugging.
• Bridge the communication between field and engineering teams for field issues and manage issue status tracking.

Skills

Embedded MCU C programming

Real-time embedded systems

Power optimization

Zephyr OS

MCU IDEs (ARM Keil IAR SEGGER)

Bluetooth/BLE

Zigbee/Thread

Scripting Python

Git version control

Debugging hardware/software

Education

MS in ECE or CS with 6+ years experience

BS in ECE/CS with 8+ years experience

Tools

Power measurement equipment

Logic analyzers / Oscilloscopes

SDKs and HALs for Cortex-M

Zephyr SDK

Version control (git)

Job description

Ambiq Micro, Inc. is seeking a Staff Applications Software Engineer, Power, to join our Austin team. You will collaborate across Architecture, Design, Validation, Sales, and Software to illustrate low-power advantages of Ambiq’s SoC portfolio and develop tools for power estimation and profiling.

The role requires hands-on embedded software development, strong Cortex-M expertise, and experience in power optimization for IoT devices. On-site in NW Austin.