# Principal Edge AI Firmware Engineer at Ambiq Micro

- Company: Ambiq Micro
- What the company does: 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.
- Company website: https://ambiq.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Austin, Texas, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-06-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ambiqmicroinc/jobs/4257766009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/ambiq-micro-principal-edge-ai-firmware-engineer/

## 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)

Tags: Artificial Intelligence