Ambiq · 11 hours ago
Staff Engineer - Embedded Software
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
6+ years expAmbiq is a pioneer in delivering ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions, enabling intelligence everywhere. The Staff Embedded Software Engineer will drive the development and testing of core MCU functions, working closely with global teams to enhance software features and manage memory and data movement subsystems.
Consumer ElectronicsInternet of ThingsManufacturingSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Lead the design, development, and maintenance of the HAL interfaces for memory management unit (MMU) and Data Movement Engine (DME) subsystems, as well as Caches, MPU, and other general MCU management
Design, develop, and maintain examples and software test cases for these blocks
Take a key role in the pre-silicon verification on FPGA, as well as post-silicon bring up, verification, performance optimization, and debug, focusing on these blocks
Design, develop, and maintain real-time OS ports for Ambiq MCUs
Support design verification (DV) and validation engineers, field engineers, and key customers as needed
Qualification
Required
MS in ECE or Computer Science and 6+ years of experience or BS ECE/CS with 8+ years of experience, with at least 3 years focusing on MMU, caches, DMA, or related subsystems
Deep understanding of ARM architectures, M-profile preferred
Strong understanding with MMUs including virtual memory, paging, and physical address translation
Solid experience with DMA engines, chained and scatter/gather transfers. Hands-on experience profiling and optimizing memory access patterns, DMA throughput, and cache usage
Experience with memory protection, isolation, and secure DMA for trusted execution environments is a plus
Deep understanding of embedded RTOS required, Zephyr and FreeRTOS preferred
Experience with developing embedded MCU code in C and assembly language on Arm Cortex-M Processors
Experience with at least one MCU IDE from ARM, Keil, IAR, Eclipse, Ozone or other
Good hands-on experience on lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers etc., for debugging issues
Experience with Jira, Confluence, and collaboration tools
Experience with source code control systems (git) required
Understanding of software testing and test automation principles
Excellent problem-solving skills dealing with complex system-level issues related to HW/SW debug
Experience with scripting languages required, and python experience is specifically desirable
Strong communication and documentation skills
Preferred
Experience working with multicore embedded processing systems is preferred
Company
Ambiq
Ambiq® was founded in 2010 on the simple yet powerful notion that extremely low-power semiconductors are the key to the future of electronics.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$387.13MKey Investors
Q Venture PartnersOUP (Osage University Partners)Kleiner Perkins
2025-07-30IPO
2023-09-12Series Unknown· $83.22M
2022-02-11Series Unknown· $44.81M
Leadership Team
Fumihide Esaka
Chief Executive Officer
Scott Hanson
Founder and CTO
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