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Fabless ultra-low-power microcontrollers and SoCs for edge AI devices

Semiconductor Manufacturing Austin, Texas 201–500 employees Founded 2010 Privately Held

Ambiq is a fabless chipmaker designing ultra-low-power Apollo microcontrollers and SoCs for battery-constrained edge AI devices. Its stack spans the full silicon lifecycle, from SystemVerilog/UVM verification and FPGA prototyping on Vivado to ARM Cortex-M firmware on Zephyr RTOS. Hiring is overwhelmingly engineering and skewed toward staff and senior levels, matching active work on next-gen AI SoCs, silicon bring-up and Zephyr enablement.

Tech Stack 53 technologies

Core StackC++ Python Tcl Altium Designer Cadence Zephyr FPGA ARM Cortex-M Apollo RTOS Verilog Bluetooth WLAN Zigbee SystemVerilog UVM Embedded C Keil Eclipse ARM assembly Assembly Ozone I2C UART USB Vivado Xilinx ISE GDB JTAG Bluetooth Low Energy+23 more

What Ambiq Is BuildingChallenges and projects from their job posts

◆Challenges

  • Reducing power consumption for edge AI devices
  • Balancing performance and power in battery-constrained devices
  • Optimizing imaging pipelines for power efficiency
  • Improving production yield and reducing test costs
  • Managing pre-tapeout quality risk

▲Active Projects

  • Next-generation ultra-low-power edge AI SoCs
  • Zephyr enablement for Ambiq SoCs
  • Silicon bring-up and validation
  • Pre- and post-silicon verification on FPGA
  • AmbiqSuite SDK development
  • Embedded SRAM IP for ultra-low-power SoCs

Hiring Activity

Steady40 roles · 7 in 30d

Department

Engineering
32
Finance
1
Legal
1
Ops
1
Product
1
Sales
1
Security
1

Seniority

Staff
14
Senior
12
Mid
3
Principal
3
VP
3
Director
2
C-Level
1
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About Ambiq

Ambiq is a privately held fabless semiconductor company founded in 2010 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with 201–500 employees. It designs ultra-low-power integrated circuits, including microcontrollers built around ARM Cortex-M cores, using a proprietary subthreshold power optimization approach. Its chips target always-on, battery-operated products in wearables, smart home and buildings, industrial and healthcare sectors. The company reports powering more than 270 million devices. It hires in the United States and Singapore.

HeadquartersAustin, Texas
Company Size201–500 employees
Founded2010
Hiring MarketsUnited States, Singapore

Frequently Asked Questions

What tech stack does Ambiq use?

Ambiq uses SystemVerilog, UVM, Verilog and Cadence for chip design and verification, Vivado and FPGAs for prototyping, and Embedded C, C++, Zephyr RTOS and ARM Cortex-M for firmware, plus Bluetooth Low Energy.

Is Ambiq hiring engineers?

Yes. Engineering dominates Ambiq's open roles, weighted toward staff and senior talent, with focus areas including silicon validation, FPGA verification, Zephyr enablement and SDK development.

Where is Ambiq headquartered?

Ambiq is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and hires in the United States and Singapore.

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