Sr. Software Engineer - Power Management

Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Power Management

Company Overview

Ambiq's mission is to enable intelligence everywhere by delivering the lowest power semiconductor solutions. Ambiq is a pioneer and a leading provider of ultra‑low‑power semiconductor solutions based on our proprietary and patented sub‑ and near‑threshold technologies. With the increasing power requirements of artificial intelligence (AI) computing, our customers are relying on our solutions to deliver AI to edge environments. Our hardware and software innovations fundamentally deliver a multi‑fold improvement in power consumption over traditional semiconductor designs without expensive process geometry scaling.

We began in 2010 by addressing the power consumption challenges of battery‑powered devices at the edge, where they were most pronounced. As of the beginning of 2025, we've shipped more than 280+ million units worldwide. Our innovative and fast‑moving teams are spread across several continents, value relentless technology innovation, a deep commitment to customer success, collaborative problem‑solving, and an enthusiastic pursuit of energy efficiency.

The successful candidate must be self‑motivated, creative, and comfortable learning and driving exciting new technologies.

As the Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Power Management at Ambiq, you will drive the software architecture, requirements, and lead the development, testing, and profiling of the SDK Power Management software for our latest family of low‑power Edge AI MCUs. In this role, you will work closely with our SoC hardware power architects, product marketing, validation, and IP vendors to develop solid functional allocations and requirements for our software development and system test teams.

You will also be responsible for implementing and delivering the software in a timely manner. The role will encompass areas such as power management subsystems, memory control and retention, clock distribution, and power optimization software. The successful candidate will have extensive experience in the early‑stage software development process. The candidate must have strong experience in embedded software programming on ARM Cortex‑M processors using RTOS.

They must be familiar with methods for functional allocation, requirements traceability, Software Requirement Specification content, and make vs. buy analysis for commercial and open‑source software.

• Requirements analysis and tracking based on disparate and preliminary information from SoC hardware architecture team, product marketing, other software architects, and software development teams.
• Software development, power modeling, power profiling, and optimization of the Ambiq Suite SDK under various conditions in consultation with other teams. Own the performance and power optimization of the SoC from a software point of view.
• Working closely with our field, product marketing, validation, and system test teams to understand our Alpha customer use cases and their impact on requirements, testability, and actual implementation.
• Engaging during the software implementation and test phases to review designs, test plans, code, and test case results as a Subject Matter Expert for power management aspects of the SoC software architecture.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to align architectural decisions with overall business objectives.
• Diagnose and resolve complex technical issues and recommend trade‑offs between software and hardware implementations.
• Collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams to achieve project goals.
• Mentor and guide junior team members.

• A Bachelor's of Science or Master's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 10+ years of experience developing embedded software for real‑time environments (bare metal and RTOS).
• Experienced in code development in C/C++ and assembly language for embedded targets using ARM Cortex‑M processors.
• Understanding of SoC (System on Chip) architecture, bus systems, and memory hierarchy. Experience with general‑purpose data movement engines, memory management units, memory protection, L1/L2 caches, inter‑processor…