Sr. Staff Embedded Software Engineer - Security
Ambiq Micro, Inc.3 hours ago
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership, planning, work assignments, and implementation guidance for MCU software projects and features.
- Develop, maintain, and extend Secure Bootrom, Secure Bootloader, and SDK security capabilities from concept through production release.
- Collaborate with design, architecture, verification, applications, SQA, and system test teams to define and implement embedded security features and test coverage.
- Test and debug pre-silicon FPGA emulations and post-silicon hardware, including Secure Bootrom, bootloader, and supporting hardware features.
- Integrate and test runtime cryptographic operations using embedded hardware accelerators.
- Implement the SDK hardware abstraction layer and board support package.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute technical leadership to projects using automated testing and CI/CD principles.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
- At least 8 years of embedded project experience using bare-metal and RTOS or real-time systems.
- At least 3 years of team management experience preferred.
- Strong knowledge of ARM architectures, RTOS, and I2C, SPI, and UART low-level drivers.
- Experience with Secure Boot, PKI, AES, RSA, ECC, TrustZone, CryptoCell, and embedded or IoT security.
- Experience with JTAG, Saleae, Git, Python, and Bash.
- Expert-level proficiency in C, with C++ and object-oriented programming extensions.
- Strong proficiency in Python and experience with GCC, Arm compilers, and MCU IDEs such as ARM, Keil, IAR, or Eclipse.
- Experience with hardware/software debugging, FPGA and silicon testing, automated testing, and CI/CD development principles.
- Strong documentation, problem-solving, mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
Benefits
- On-site work five days per week in Northwest Austin.
- Potential path to managing a small to mid-size team in a player-coach role.
About Ambiq Micro, Inc.
Ambiq Micro is a fabless semiconductor company that designs ultra-low-power microcontrollers and AI-capable SoCs for wearables, IoT, and other battery-powered devices. Its Apollo MCU family and subthreshold power-optimized technology target always-on sensing and edge inference, with reference software and tools for OEMs and ODMs. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, it is privately held and serves consumer, industrial, and healthcare device makers.