Embedded Software Architect – Edge AI MCU

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Company Overview</strong></span></p> <p><strong>Ambiq</strong> is on a mission to enable intelligence everywhere — powering the AI edge revolution with the world's lowest-power semiconductor solutions.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>We're looking for self-motivated, creative problem-solvers who are eager to push technological limits and make a real impact in energy efficiency.</p> <p>At Ambiq, we live by five values: <strong>Innovate. Collaborate. Focus. Learn. Achieve.</strong></p> <p>If that's you, join us — the intelligence everywhere revolution starts here.</p> <p> </p></div><p data-start="1220" data-end="1325"><strong data-start="1220" data-end="1257">Austin, TX – Onsite (5 days/week)</strong><br data-start="1257" data-end="1260"><strong data-start="1260" data-end="1323">U.S. Work Authorization Required (No Sponsorship Available)</strong></p> <hr data-start="1327" data-end="1330"> <h2 data-start="1332" data-end="1404">Architect the Software Foundation for Ultra-Low-Power Edge AI Silicon</h2> <p data-start="1406" data-end="1513">Ambiq designs and ships ultra-low-power Edge AI MCUs that enable real-time intelligence directly on device.</p> <p data-start="1515" data-end="1718">We are expanding our Austin engineering organization and hiring a Principal Embedded Software Architect to define the software architecture and requirements for our next-generation Edge AI MCU platforms.</p> <p data-start="1720" data-end="1943">This role sits at the hardware/software boundary — partnering directly with SoC architects, product teams, IP vendors, and embedded software leaders to shape how our silicon is exposed, controlled, optimized, and validated.</p> <p data-start="1945" data-end="2013">You won’t just write code.<br data-start="1971" data-end="1974">You will define how the system behaves.</p> <hr data-start="2015" data-end="2018"> <h2 data-start="2020" data-end="2038">What You’ll Own</h2> <p data-start="2040" data-end="2073">As Embedded Software Architect, you will:</p> <ul data-start="2075" data-end="3002"> <li data-start="2075" data-end="2154"> <p data-start="2077" data-end="2154">Define the software architecture for next-generation low-power Edge AI MCUs</p> </li> <li data-start="2155" data-end="2228"> <p data-start="2157" data-end="2228">Drive early-stage functional allocation between hardware and software</p> </li> <li data-start="2229" data-end="2326"> <p data-start="2231" data-end="2326">Develop and refine Software Requirements Specifications (SRS) tied to real customer use cases</p> </li> <li data-start="2327" data-end="2600"> <p data-start="2329" data-end="2365">Lead architectural decisions across:</p> <ul data-start="2368" data-end="2600"> <li data-start="2368" data-end="2399"> <p data-start="2370" data-end="2399">Multi-processor communication</p> </li> <li data-start="2402" data-end="2433"> <p data-start="2404" data-end="2433">Control/data plane separation</p> </li> <li data-start="2436" data-end="2464"> <p data-start="2438" data-end="2464">Data movement acceleration</p> </li> <li data-start="2467" data-end="2501"> <p data-start="2469" data-end="2501">Memory management and protection</p> </li> <li data-start="2504" data-end="2533"> <p data-start="2506" data-end="2533">Dynamic resource allocation</p> </li> <li data-start="2536" data-end="2567"> <p data-start="2538" data-end="2567">Power optimization strategies</p> </li> <li data-start="2570" data-end="2600"> <p data-start="2572" data-end="2600">Debug and visibility tooling</p> </li> </ul> </li> <li data-start="2601" data-end="2674"> <p data-start="2603" data-end="2674">Partner with SoC architects to influence hardware/software trade-offs</p> </li> <li data-start="2675" data-end="2743"> <p data-start="2677" data-end="2743">Support software prototyping to validate architectural…