About the 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. Scope We are seeking an experienced Staff Validation Engineer to join our Taiwan Validation Team and provide technical leadership in validating Ambiq's next-generation ultra-low-power MCU and SoC products. In this role, you will lead validation strategy for complex silicon subsystems from first silicon through production. You will define validation methodologies, develop automation frameworks, execute silicon characterization, perform complex system debug, and collaborate closely with Architecture, Design, Verification, Firmware, Product Engineering, and ATE teams to improve product quality, manufacturability, and customer success. As a senior technical individual contributor, you will mentor engineers, establish validation best practices, and help drive continuous improvements to Ambiq's global validation methodology and infrastructure. Re sponsibilities Lead validation planning, methodologies, and test coverage for complex SoC subsystems and product features. Develop and execute post-silicon validation, characterization, PVT testing, margin analysis, shmoo testing, and production test correlation. Design and develop embedded firmware, validation software, automation frameworks, reusable test infrastructure, and data analysis tools. Define functional and system-level regression test suites supporting product qualification and production readiness. Lead root cause analysis of silicon issues, customer escalations, production issues, and RMA investigations. Design and improve validation hardware, laboratory infrastructure, and automated validation environments. Collaborate with Architecture, Design, Verification, Firmware, Product Engineering, Applications Engineering, and ATE teams to improve product robustness, yield, and validation efficiency. Mentor validation engineers and provide technical leadership on validation methodologies, automation, and debug techniques.
