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Ambiq is hiring a Software Architect

About the Role

The role involves defining software architecture, guiding development practices, and ensuring alignment between system design and product goals for advanced low-power platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Define and document high-level software system structures
  • Lead technical decision-making across software development phases
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate hardware and software components
  • Establish coding standards and best practices for engineering teams
  • Evaluate emerging technologies for potential integration into product roadmap
  • Ensure software solutions meet performance, reliability, and power efficiency targets
  • Mentor software engineers and provide technical guidance
  • Drive architectural consistency across multiple product lines
  • Support verification and validation of software frameworks
  • Work closely with firmware and hardware teams on system-level optimization
  • Translate product requirements into technical specifications
  • Oversee software scalability and maintainability across releases
  • Lead design reviews and architecture assessments
  • Identify and mitigate system-level technical risks
  • Ensure compliance with industry and security standards
  • Integrate software tools and development environments
  • Support product certification processes
  • Collaborate on debugging complex system-level issues
  • Guide selection of programming languages and frameworks
  • Maintain alignment between architecture and business objectives
  • Develop proof-of-concept implementations for new features
  • Optimize software for minimal energy consumption
  • Support technical documentation for internal and external stakeholders
  • Coordinate with QA teams to ensure robust test coverage
  • Participate in long-term technology planning

Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits package offered based on experience and qualifications.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model combining remote and on-site collaboration.

Team

Collaborative engineering environment focused on low-power semiconductor solutions.

Why Join Us

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge low-power semiconductor technology
  • Culture that values innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence
  • Support for professional growth and leadership development

Technology Stack

  • C/C++ for embedded systems development
  • ARM Cortex-M series microcontrollers
  • RTOS and bare-metal environments
  • Git for source control
  • Python for tooling and automation
  • Jira and Confluence for project tracking

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About company
Ambiq

Ambiq makes unprecedented energy-efficient SoCs and ultra-low power platform solutions that enable edge AI on billions of battery-powered devices. Our mission is to put intelligence everywhere by delivering the lowest-power semiconductor solutions on the planet.

With the SPOT® platform and the Apollo and Atomiq SoC family, Ambiq empowers innovators to build smarter, longer-lasting wearables, IoT, smart home, healthcare, and industrial devices. The company is a pioneer of ultra-low power semiconductor solutions based on its proprietary and patented Sub-threshold Power Optimized Technology (SPOT®) platform.

Ambiq enables edge AI by running AI models directly on power-constrained local devices rather than relying on the cloud. This allows for always-on, energy-efficient intelligence in applications where battery life is critical.

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