Sr Staff Analog IC Design Engineer
Ambiq Micro, Inc. · Austin, Texas, United States ·
- Seniority
- Staff
- Category
- Hardware
- Experience
- 8+ years
Hands-on senior analog IC design role at Ambiq in Austin (onsite 5 days/week): lead specification, architecture, and transistor-level design of ultra-low-power analog/mixed-signal subsystems (power management, clocking, data converters) from requirements through production silicon at advanced nodes like 22nm and 12nm, while mentoring other engineers.
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 300 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.
Role Impact
Responsibilities
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Lead block- and chip-level specification development for related analog subsystems.
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Define circuit architectures for power management, clocking, data-conversion, or comparable mixed-signal functions.
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Perform transistor-level design and verification for complex, high-risk analog blocks.
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Conduct or technically supervise layout, extraction, and post-layout closure.
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Lead design reviews and resolve cross-block technical issues.
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Define robust analog/digital interfaces in partnership with architecture, RTL, and verification teams.
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Guide Staff and Senior engineers through technical reviews and day-to-day design decisions.
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Develop prototype-silicon validation and characterization strategies.
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Define manufacturing test requirements and support efficient test-program development.
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Work with product, test, applications, and marketing teams on product definition, production issues, and complex customer problems.
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Drive designs from initial requirements through production release.
Qualifications
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Demonstrated ownership of complex analog subsystems from specification through production.
- At least 8 years of experience in analog or mixed-signal IC design with multiple completed silicon design cycles.
- Deep transistor-level design and verification expertise in at least one relevant area, such as power management, clocking, or data converters.
- Strong understanding of analog layout, parasitics, matching, noise, variation, reliability, and advanced-node design constraints.
- Experience with post-silicon bring-up, characterization, debug, and manufacturing test.
- Ability to lead architecture and design decisions across teams without relying on formal authority.
- Effective collaboration with digital, physical-design, product, test, applications, and systems teams.
- Experience mentoring senior engineers and improving the quality of design reviews.
- Current authorization to work in the United States for any employer.
- Must be willing to come into an office in NW Austin 5 days a week.
Preferred Qualifications
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Ultra-low-power, battery-constrained, or subthreshold circuit-design experience.
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Design experience at 22nm or below.
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Breadth across PMU, clocking, and data-converter subsystems.
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Experience supporting multiple products or concurrent tapeouts.
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Familiarity with MCU, wearable, medical, edge-AI, wireless, or sensor-oriented SoCs.