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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. Since 2010, they have shipped over 300 million units to customers building smarter wearables, medical devices, IoT products, and AI-powered edge applications. The company operates across Austin, Hsinchu, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Singapore.
As a Staff Engineer for System Test, you will provide technical leadership for system-level test strategy and automation across Ambiq MCU platforms. You will own improvements to the regression framework and ensure system tests are reliable, repeatable, and effective at finding issues early. This is a hands-on technical leadership role that spans embedded firmware, test infrastructure, lab equipment, and data analysis, supporting both pre-silicon platforms (FPGA, emulation) and post-silicon evaluation boards.
Key responsibilities include:
- Define test coverage and execute system-level testing across Ambiq MCU platforms and SDK releases
- Architect, develop, and maintain the regression framework and test automation using Python or other scripting languages, including test orchestration, board and target control, result collection, reporting, failure triage, and CI/automation workflow integration
- Design, implement, and debug embedded test cases for MCU subsystems and peripherals using C and assembly
- Automate laboratory instruments and measurement workflows to support repeatable system characterization and regression testing
- Improve test result storage, traceability, querying, and reporting so engineers can compare runs, identify trends, and investigate failures
- Lead complex system-level debug across firmware, drivers, SoC blocks, evaluation boards, and lab setups; document root cause and corrective actions
- Work with software, validation, architecture, and hardware teams to define test requirements, acceptance criteria, and coverage priorities
- Support pre-silicon testing on FPGA/emulation platforms and post-silicon bring-up and validation on evaluation boards
- Mentor engineers on test design, automation, debugging, and laboratory practices; promote reusable tools and continuous improvement
This role is on-site 5 days per week in NW Austin and requires working closely with global MCU software, validation, architecture, hardware, and automation teams.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
- At least 6 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree, or 8 years with a Bachelor's degree in embedded systems, system testing, validation, or related engineering work
- Strong Python programming experience for test automation and C or C++ for embedded software and test development
- Demonstrated experience developing or maintaining automated regression systems, including test execution, result handling, failure analysis, and ongoing framework improvement
- Hands-on experience automating laboratory instruments or measurement equipment
- Strong understanding of MCU architecture and embedded systems, including interrupts, DMA, memory, power/clock control, and peripheral interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, USB)
- Experience debugging embedded systems using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers, or debug probes
- Experience with an RTOS such as FreeRTOS or Zephyr, Git source control, and issue tracking/collaboration tools
- Ability to lead technical investigations, manage multiple priorities, mentor engineers, and communicate clearly with global cross-functional teams
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States; no visa sponsorship available
Desirable qualifications:
- Familiarity with instrument-control interfaces and protocols (SCPI, VISA, PyVISA)
- Experience with relational databases, SQL, test-data schemas, or data-analysis and reporting pipelines
- Experience with pre-silicon validation, FPGA/emulation platforms, silicon bring-up, or MCU SDK testing
- Experience using AI tools such as Cursor or OpenAI's Codex for test code development or debugging
