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.
As MCU Systems Architect in Ambiq's Singapore office, you'll represent the Architecture function on-site, serving as the primary architectural guide for the Singapore team. You'll drive architectural definition of Ambiq's low-power SoCs, focusing on the subsystems your team owns — audio, imaging/display, and high-speed/general-purpose interfaces — and how the SoC connects to the external world.
This cross-functional role supports Ambiq's mission of delivering the world's lowest-power electronic devices for ubiquitous edge AI. You'll work with software and hardware engineering, applications engineering, and field teams to align on product requirements, design constraints, power/performance targets, and system architecture — covering high-level specification, IP investigation and selection, power/performance modeling, and alignment with Ambiq's broader architectural direction.
Responsibilities
- Write architecture specs: flow diagrams/sequences, power/performance models, pseudocode, and system/external power-management interface specs
- Engage customers to align on key features and competitive positioning
- Support use case and test case development
- Work with the FPGA team on subsystem/interface bring-up (audio, imaging/display, high-speed links)
- Partner with software architecture on data/control flows, APIs, and hardware abstraction layers
- Partner with physical design for robust, optimal implementation
- Debug issues with the design team using RTL and gate-level simulation
- Support post-silicon analysis and delivery of SoC functionality for mass production
Expectations
- Partner with Marketing, Advanced Development, and engineering to drive new IP on Ambiq's technology/product roadmaps
- Analyze low-power technology and applications to extend Ambiq's leadership in the space
- Help define the technology roadmap, including IP assessment and integration
- Build broad, deep knowledge of Ambiq's architectural history/direction to serve as the Singapore team's primary architectural guide
- Help transition specifications into shipping products
Requirements
- 8+ years of IP/MCU development or similar architecture and design experience for wearable/IoT and mobile products
- Comfortable working independently — from high-level concept through design and validation — as well as collaboratively across hardware/software teams
- Deep knowledge of SoC subsystems and external interfaces: audio (I2S/PDM), imaging/display (MIPI CSI/DSI), and high-/low-speed links (USB, SPI, I2C)
- Proven track record bringing low-power architectures to market, ideally including embedded imaging or neural network processing
- Working knowledge of SoC architecture, fabric/interconnect, power management, and advanced process nodes preferred
- Experience with complete system dataflows and modeling to guide hardware/software development
- Strong systems-level thinking; able to own trade-offs across hardware/software boundaries and multiple subsystems
- Able to build consensus and drive alignment across geographically distributed teams
- Strong written and verbal communication with influencing skills
- BS in EE, CE, or CS required; MS/PhD preferred
- Individual contributor role; team lead experience a plus
- Candidate with the ability to work with time zone overlaps as many team members are located in the US.
Skills Required
- Minimum of 8 years IP and MCU development or similar architecture and design experience targeting wearable/IoT and mobile products
- Experience developing novel solutions from idea to specification to design to post-silicon validation
- Working knowledge of low-power modern mobile consumer electronic systems and embedded imaging or neural network processing
- Must have experience creating architectural specifications for System-on-Chip or similar complex hardware devices
- BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science
- MS or PhD
- Experience architecting SoC connections to external interfaces (audio, imaging/display, high- and low-speed links)
- Experience with audio interfaces (I2S, PDM)
- Experience with imaging/display interfaces (MIPI CSI, MIPI DSI)
- Experience with high- and low-speed interfaces (USB, SPI, I2C)
- Experience working with FPGA bring-up and debugging using RTL and gate-level simulation
- Experience with power/performance modeling and power management for low-power architectures
- Experience in advanced process technologies
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Some management or team lead experience (individual contributor role primarily)
- Ability to build consensus and drive architectural alignment across geographically distributed teams
Ambiq Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Affordable Benefits — Health, dental, and vision are described as company‑paid, with at least some plans covering 100% of employee‑only medical premiums, lowering out‑of‑pocket costs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time includes 15 PTO days with carryover up to 180 hours, 15 paid holidays plus a floating day, and a company shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s.
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Healthcare Strength — Coverage spans medical, dental, and vision alongside mental‑health support, HSAs/FSAs, disability coverage, wellness programs, and access to an onsite gym.
Ambiq Insights
What We Do
Ambiq® enables intelligence (AI and beyond) everywhere by delivering the lowest-power semiconductor solutions for battery-powered edge devices. As a pioneer in ultra-low power SoCs, Ambiq empowers wearables, IoT, smart home, healthcare, and industrial products with always-on, energy-efficient intelligence. Backed by our SPOT® technology and global innovation leadership, Ambiq is shaping the future of edge AI.
Why Work With Us
Direct influence on silicon architecture Smaller, high-impact teams Hardware/software co-design in real time Faster technical decision cycles Visible ownership at Staff & Director level Austin-based collaboration culture
Ambiq Offices
OnSite Workspace
Building silicon and embedded AI systems requires tight collaboration across firmware, hardware, validation, and architecture teams. We believe the hardest engineering problems are solved through direct, daily collaboration.
