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Ambiq is a semiconductor company on a mission to enable intelligence everywhere by powering the AI edge revolution with ultra-low-power chip solutions. Built on proprietary sub- and near-threshold technology, Ambiq's chips deliver significant energy efficiency improvements without costly process scaling. Since 2010, the company has shipped over 300 million units to customers building smarter wearables, medical devices, IoT products, and AI-powered edge applications.
As Principal Engineer, Analog Design (Team Lead), you will contribute to the technical roadmap and architecture for Ambiq's core analog subsystems—including power management units (PMUs), clocking, and data converters—while directly leading and developing a team of analog designers. This role sets technical direction across multiple concurrent programs and partners with Architecture, RTL, and Product teams at the roadmap level. You will represent Ambiq's analog design capability to customers and partners.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own multi-generation architecture strategy and chip/block-level specification definition across analog subsystems
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of analog design engineers, including hiring, career development, and performance management
- Set technical standards and design methodology for circuit architecture, verification, and layout supervision
- Make final calls on the highest-risk circuit architecture and verification trade-offs
- Directly conduct or supervise transistor-level analog IC design for critical or novel circuit blocks
- Chair design reviews across multiple projects and drive resolution of complex action items
- Partner with digital design leadership to align interface specifications and verification strategy for analog/digital integration
- Own the analog test and validation strategy from prototype bring-up through high-volume production
- Represent analog engineering in cross-functional roadmap, customer, and executive discussions
- Support Marketing, Product Engineering, and Applications leadership on product definition and customer commitments
- Drive continuous improvement in design flow, tools, and reuse strategy across the analog team
Designs span leading-edge technologies such as 22nm, 12nm, and beyond. You will balance individual technical contribution with people leadership: driving the highest-risk architectural decisions personally while coaching Staff and Senior engineers through their own design cycles, specification definition, and career growth. This role is onsite with an expectation of 5 days per week on-site presence.
Requirements: The posting does not explicitly state years of experience, educational credentials, or specific technical certifications required. However, the role implicitly requires proven expertise in analog IC design at advanced process nodes (22nm, 12nm+), demonstrated experience leading and mentoring engineering teams, and a track record of setting technical direction on complex semiconductor projects.
