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Sr. Staff SoC Power & Performance Architect

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The Senior Staff SoC Power and Performance Architect role focuses on advancing ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions for AI edge, wearable, medical device, and IoT applications. The position is based onsite five days per week in Austin and appears intended to lead SoC power and performance architecture in collaboration with cross-functional engineering and product teams. Detailed responsibilities and qualifications were not provided in the posting.
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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.


This role will be on-site 5 days a week in NW Austin.

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  • [Industry experience preferred]  
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  • [Management experience, if needed]  
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Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer. We do not sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas (now or in the future) for this role.


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