Senior Software Program Manager

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 proprietary sub- and near-threshold technology, Ambiq delivers energy-efficient chips for wearables, medical devices, IoT products, and AI-powered edge applications. Our cross-functional teams span design, research, development, production, marketing, sales, and operations across multiple locations. We move fast and create space for people to grow through complex, meaningful work that shapes the future of technology.

We seek 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.

As the Senior Software Program Manager, you will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of software development programs for Ambiq's Ambiq Suite SDK across current and next-generation ARM Cortex-M based SoCs. You will work closely with software and hardware engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle—from pre-silicon planning through silicon bring-up, production software releases, and long-term maintenance. You will collaborate with software architects, engineering managers, and technical leads to develop execution plans, identify dependencies, track progress against milestones, and proactively manage program risks.

Strong technical understanding of embedded software development, plus excellent communication, are essential to translate engineering discussions into executable project plans. You will work with software, architecture, RTL design, design verification, validation, applications engineering, and product management teams across geographies to define priorities, identify risks, track progress, and provide data-driven insights for timely decisions. You will champion software development best practices, quality metrics, and continuous process improvement to deliver world-class software solutions.

• Lead planning, scheduling, and execution of multiple embedded software development programs from pre-silicon development through production releases.
• Develop integrated project plans by working directly with engineering teams to estimate effort, identify dependencies, and define realistic milestones.
• Track execution across multiple projects, proactively identifying schedule risks, resource constraints, and technical dependencies.
• Partner with design engineering and management to prioritize work, balance resources across programs, and recommend trade-offs when schedules or staffing change.
• Coordinate software activities with SoC architecture, RTL design, design verification, validation, applications engineering, product management, and marketing teams.
• Drive cross-functional communication, issue resolution, and timely escalation of program risks.
• Monitor software quality metrics, defect trends, release readiness, and execution health throughout the development lifecycle.
• Develop program dashboards and executive status reports that provide clear visibility into schedules, risks, dependencies, and resource utilization.
• Support software release planning, customer commitments, and product launch activities.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field;
  Master's degree preferred.
• 10+ years of technical program management or engineering leadership experience in embedded software within semiconductor or consumer electronics development.
• Strong understanding of embedded software development practices, software development life cycles, and Agile methodologies.
• Experience developing integrated project schedules from engineering estimates and managing execution across multiple concurrent programs.
• Working knowledge of software development workflows, CI/CD systems, defect tracking, release management, and project management tools.
• Ability to communicate effectively with software developers and technical leaders and to translate technical discussions into actionable project plans.
• Experience coordinating with cross-functional engineering teams including software, RTL design, architecture, design verification, validation, and applications engineering.
• Solid understanding of embedded hardware platforms and board-level system design, sufficient to analyze hardware/software dependencies.