Ambiq – Ambient Intelligence. Ambiq is the industry leader in ultra-low power semiconductor platforms and solutions for battery-powered edge AI devices. Backed by Kleiner Perkins.
About the role
We're looking for self-motivated, creative problem-solvers who are eager to push technological limits and make a real impact in energy efficiency. If that's you, join us — the intelligence everywhere revolution starts here.
What they're looking for
- Develop and support Ambiq’s embedded AI runtimes (HeliaRT—our fork/extension of TensorFlow Lite for Microcontrollers—and HeliaAOT) with focus on portability, correctness, performance, and usability
- Implement and optimize ML operator kernels and embedded libraries for on-chip acceleration (DSP, vector, NPU), including HeliaDSP and HeliaCore components
- Build and maintain on-device profiling and performance analysis tools, including tools that convert PMU counters into actionable insights
- Drive improvements in latency, memory footprint, and energy (e.g., joules/inference) through compute/bandwidth and memory-hierarchy analysis
- Develop benchmark harnesses, microbenchmarks, and regression tests to ensure numerical correctness and prevent performance regressions
- Enable seamless customer integration across embedded environments and toolchains (bare metal, FreeRTOS, Zephyr)
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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.
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