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 290 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.
Responsibilities
- Chip level and block level spec definition
- Circuit architectural design and verification
- Transistor-level analog IC circuit design and verification
- Directly conduct or closely supervise the analog circuit layout
- Conduct design reviews and resolve action items generated as a result of these reviews
- Attend design reviews to provide input and guidance to other designers
- Work with digital designers to interface with and verify analog circuit block
- Assist in prototype chip testing to validate analog circuit blocks
- Develop and implement a manufacturing test plan for analog circuit blocks; support efficient test program development
- Support marketing in product definition
- Support product engineering to meet manufacturing/production needs
- Support applications engineering to meet customer needs
- Master’s degree or equivalent training in related field and 10+ years of related experience. An advanced degree (e.g., PhD) may reduce the minimum experience required.
- Experience in the full design flow, from specification to circuit design/verification to prototype testing to high volume production support
- Experience in top level verification, integration of IP blocks, LVS, DRC, FILL and tape out experience desirable.
- Experience designing various analog circuits including voltage regulators, voltage reference generators, analog-to-digital converters, crystal oscillators, and DC-DC converters
- Experience with IO and ESD is extremely desirable
- Solid background in semiconductor physics and signal processing
- Experience designing subthreshold-biased or ultra-low power analog circuits is extremely desirable
- Experience with mixed mode simulators and Verilog-ams is extremely desirable
- Experience working with a team of analog and digital designers in a mixed-signal environment
- Experience guiding layout trade-offs for performance and size
- Experience designing analog circuits for testability using special test modes, production trimming, etc.
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.
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