Staff Applications Hardware Engineer

Company Overview Ambiq  is 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. Scope   As the Staff  Applications Hardware Engineer   at Ambiq,  you will drive the  development of  both internal and  customer facing   evaluation hardware .   This role will  work  with our  software development team,  our design engineering  team,  and our field engineering team to satisfy internal and customer needs for  low friction  solutions to evaluate our SoC performance and power.   The successful candidate  should have strong experience with  PCB  development for battery  operated  consumer electronic s devices.  Experience with wearable devices is a definite plus.  The candidate must have  experience with  developing   and debugging on  ARM-based   platforms and  should have experience with low-power designs.   The person in this role  will  involve  debugging device level issues on our SoCs, supporting our field engineers for customer issues with their components and boards,  and support ing   customer facing   documentation such as Application Notes and Hardware Design Guidelines.   Responsibilities   PCB hardware architecture, design, development, and testing   Collaborate with internal engineering and validation teams to analyze and debug complex system level issues and develop  solutions   Conduct customer hardware design reviews, help debug customer hardware issues, bridge the communication between field and engineering teams, and manage issue status tracking.   Assist with the design, debug, and testing of embedded microcontroller software drivers, algorithms, application code, board support packages, automated scripts, and design test cases to provide the required functionality to end customers   Develop manufacturing test procedures and hardware for board builds overseas   Create application notes, knowledgebase articles, and hardware design guidelines   Assist customers with the use of Ambiq SDK and hardware platforms   Qualifications   MS in  ECE and   6 +  years of experience or BS ECE with  8 +  years of experience   Experience with hardware architecture design,  component  placement, layout, manufacturing test, system bring-up and testing.    Experience designing PCB schematics and layout using Altium Designer, Cadence, or similar PCB design software   Experience  with MCU peripherals including SPI, I2C, UART, ADC, MIPI, USB, I2S and  PDM . .   Experience with controlled impedance and high-speed interface PCB layout   Experience working hands-on in the lab and using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers   Excellent problem-solving skills dealing with complex system level issues related to HW/SW debug   Experience with at least one MCU IDE from ARM, Keil, IAR, Eclipse or other is a plus     Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer. We do not sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas (now or in the future) for this role.