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Sr. Staff Engineer - Digital Design Verification

Ambiq Micro · Austin, Texas, United States · On-site

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About Ambiq Micro

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

You will be responsible for verifying complex digital designs , including Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) with multiple CPUs, digital signal processors, security hardware, interconnects, and peripheral logic supporting IoT and edge-compute applications. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who takes full ownership of verification efforts and consistently delivers high‑quality, production‑ready silicon.

What they're looking for

  • BSEE or MSEE with 8–12 years of hands-on digital design verification experience
  • Proven track record of multiple tape-outs with silicon functioning to specification
  • Strong experience in block-level, sub-system, and full-chip SoC verification
  • Ability to define and manage verification deliverables, milestones, and schedules
  • Proactively identify verification risks and implement mitigation strategies
  • Experience working with complex SoCs integrating multiple 3rd-party IPs and VIPs
More about this role

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.

You will be responsible for verifying complex digital designs , including Systems-on-Chip (SoCs) with multiple...

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