Staff Applications Hardware Engineer
Core
Drive development of internal and customer-facing evaluation hardware for low-power semiconductor SoCs, enabling evaluation of performance and power for wearables, medical devices, and IoT products.
Role type
Staff Applications Hardware Engineer
Builds
Evaluation hardware, board support packages, and manufacturing test procedures for Ambiq SoCs
Domain
Semiconductor hardware engineering, low-power design, consumer electronics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
PCB architecture design, hardware debugging, system-level issue analysis, customer hardware design reviews, embedded software driver support, manufacturing test procedure development, application note creation, SDK platform support
Preferred skills
Wearable device experience, ARM-based platform debugging, low-power design expertise, MCU IDE usage (ARM, Keil, IAR, Eclipse)
Technologies
Altium Designer, Cadence, SPI, I2C, UART, ADC, MIPI, USB, I2S, PDM, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers
Responsibilities
Design and test PCB hardware for battery-operated consumer electronics; debug device-level SoC issues; support field engineers with customer component/board issues; create application notes and hardware design guidelines; develop manufacturing test procedures for overseas board builds; assist customers with Ambiq SDK and hardware platforms
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic customer support
