Staff Applications Software Engineer (Zephyr)

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 of design, research, development, production, marketing, sales, and operations are spread across several continents, including the US (Austin), Taiwan (Hsinchu), China (Shanghai and Shenzhen), and Singapore. We value relentless technology innovation, a deep commitment to customer success, collaborative problem-solving, and an enthusiastic pursuit of energy efficiency. We embrace candidates who also share these same values. The successful candidate must be self-motivated, creative, and comfortable learning and driving exciting new technologies. We encourage and nurture an environment that fosters growth and opportunities to work on complex, meaningful, and challenging projects, creating a lasting impact and shaping the future of technology. Join us on our quest for enabling billions of intelligent devices. The intelligence everywhere revolution starts here.

Scope

As the Staff Applications Software Engineer, Zephyr at Ambiq, you will drive the development and testing of Ambiq's Zephyr software offering. This includes porting new Ambiq SoCs to the Zephyr environment and enabling hardware evaluation platforms, staying up-to-date with the latest Zephyr developments and maintaining Ambiq SoC compliance, building new samples and drivers, and driving power optimizations to best showcase our ultra-low power technology.

This role will work within our Applications Engineering Team and will work closely with the global MCU software team.

The successful candidate should be a fast-learning, result-driven, and self-motivated team player with an always learning mindset. They should have an inquiring spirit and be comfortable in a lab environment and in executing hands-on debugging for embedded systems.

The person in this role will be responsible for leading Ambiq's Zephyr software development and testing, coordinating with the global team to make improvements and fix customer issues, and representing Ambiq to the Zephyr technical steering committee and community with the help of Ambiq engineers and subject matter experts.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development, testing, and maintenance of Ambiq's Zephyr offering, including sample, driver, and software testcase development, as well as hardware enablement.

• Take a key role in Ambiq Zephyr repository processes and maintenance, including CI/CD.

• Manage Ambiq Zephyr issue status tracking, debug, and resolution.

• Collaborate with internal engineering teams to analyze and debug complex system level issues and develop software solutions.

• Focus on demonstrating Ambiq's low-power advantages to the greatest extent possible within the Zephyr ecosystem.

• Create application notes and software guidelines.

• Support applications and field engineers, and key customers as needed.

Qualifications

• MS in ECE or Computer Science and 6+ years of experience or BS ECE/CS with 8+ years of experience, with at least 3 years focusing on the Zephyr ecosystem

• Experience with ARM Cortex-M processors

• Deep understanding of Zephyr RTOS required

• Experience with developing embedded MCU code in C and assembly language on Arm Cortex-M Processors

• Experience working with MCU peripherals including SPI, I2C, UART, and USB

• Experience with at least one MCU IDE from ARM, Keil, IAR, Eclipse, Ozone or other

• Experience with security, Bluetooth, Matter/Thread, and/or machine learning models within the Zephyr ecosystem is a real plus

• Good hands-on experience on lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers etc. for debugging issues

• Experience with Jira, Confluence and collaboration tools

• Experience with source code control systems (git) required

• Understanding of software testing and test automation principles

• Excellent problem-solving skills dealing with complex system level issues related to HW/SW debug

• Experience with scripting languages required and python experience is specifically desirable

• Strong communication and documentation skills.

What You Need

We're seeking passionate technologists who thrive on pushing boundaries, solving complex challenges, and driving transformative solutions.

At Ambiq, you'll collaborate with a dynamic team that values relentless innovation, customer-centric thinking, and continuous learning. If you're a self-motivated, creative problem-solver eager to push technological limits and make a meaningful impact in energy efficiency, this is your opportunity to grow, excel, and turn groundbreaking ideas into reality.

Most importantly, the successful candidate will be able to live the Ambiq Shared Values:

• Innovate: We tenaciously find ways to break down the barriers to possible solutions
• Collaborate: We proactively communicate and encourage each other to be better.
• Focus: We keep the voice of the customer at the center of everything we do.
• Learn: We strive for continuous improvement and are always curious.
• Achieve: We execute on quality and follow through on our commitments.