Sr Staff Analog IC Design Engineer

Role Impact

Responsibilities

• Lead block- and chip-level specification development for related analog subsystems.
• Define circuit architectures for power management, clocking, data-conversion, or comparable mixed-signal functions.
• Perform transistor-level design and verification for complex, high-risk analog blocks.
• Conduct or technically supervise layout, extraction, and post-layout closure.
• Lead design reviews and resolve cross-block technical issues.
• Define robust analog/digital interfaces in partnership with architecture, RTL, and verification teams.
• Guide Staff and Senior engineers through technical reviews and day-to-day design decisions.
• Develop prototype-silicon validation and characterization strategies.
• Define manufacturing test requirements and support efficient test-program development.
• Work with product, test, applications, and marketing teams on product definition, production issues, and complex customer problems.
• Drive designs from initial requirements through production release.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Demonstrated ownership of complex analog subsystems from specification through production.
• At least 8 years of experience in analog or mixed-signal IC design with multiple completed silicon design cycles.
• Deep transistor-level design and verification expertise in at least one relevant area, such as power management, clocking, or data converters.
• Strong understanding of analog layout, parasitics, matching, noise, variation, reliability, and advanced-node design constraints.
• Experience with post-silicon bring-up, characterization, debug, and manufacturing test.
• Ability to lead architecture and design decisions across teams without relying on formal authority.
• Effective collaboration with digital, physical-design, product, test, applications, and systems teams.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers and improving the quality of design reviews.
• Current authorization to work in the United States for any employer.
• Must be willing to come into an office in NW Austin 5 days a week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ultra-low-power, battery-constrained, or subthreshold circuit-design experience.
• Design experience at 22nm or below.
• Breadth across PMU, clocking, and data-converter subsystems.
• Experience supporting multiple products or concurrent tapeouts.
• Familiarity with MCU, wearable, medical, edge-AI, wireless, or sensor-oriented SoCs.
• Why Ambiq
• Ambiq offers the opportunity to solve unusually difficult power-efficiency problems while remaining close to the circuits. This role provides meaningful architectural influence, ownership throughout the complete silicon lifecycle, and the ability to shape both products and the analog team's technical growth.

Why Ambiq