Ambiq · 10 hours ago
Sr. Multimedia System Architect
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expAmbiq is a pioneering company focused on delivering ultra-low-power semiconductor solutions for AI computing. The Sr. Multimedia System Architect will drive the architecture definition of low-power SoCs, focusing on multimedia technologies and collaborating with various teams to ensure alignment with product requirements and performance targets.
Consumer ElectronicsInternet of ThingsManufacturingSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Work with Ambiq’s Marketing, Advanced Development, architecture, and engineering teams to drive development of new ultra-low power multimedia architectures on Ambiq Micro’s technology and product roadmaps
Develop high-level specifications and drive power/performance modeling and analysis
Analyze low-power multimedia technology and applications to identify opportunities for extending Ambiq’s low-power leadership
Define Ambiq’s multimedia and AI technology roadmap, including external and internal IP assessment, definition, and integration
Work with the engineering teams to transition the architecture specification into Ambiq Micro’s products
Work with systems, solutions, and software teams to ensure robust interfaces and support key product use cases
Support post-silicon analysis and efficient delivery of multimedia functionality to customers for mass production
Architecture specifications including flow diagrams/sequences, power/performance models, and pseudocode
Customer interaction as needed to ensure alignment on key multimedia features and competitive product positioning
Microarchitecture specifications (as applicable) and support to enable software and hardware design
Support for use case and test case development
Integration specifications to support system interfaces and external power management requirements/interfaces
Work with FPGA team to bring up critical multimedia features
Work with software architecture to define multimedia flows, APIs, and hardware abstraction layers
Work with the physical design team to ensure robust/optimal implementation
Work with the design team to debug issues using RTL and gate-level simulation
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 8 years of graphics, display, video, imaging or neural networks or similar architecture and design experience targeting wearable/IoT and mobile products
Experience developing novel multimedia architectures from idea to specification to design to post-silicon validation
Working knowledge of low-power modern mobile consumer electronic systems and embedded graphics, imaging or neural network processing required
Experience in embedded display technologies and low-power interfaces required
BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science (must have)
Must have experience creating architectural specifications for System-on-Chip or similar complex hardware devices
Must communicate well (verbal and written)
Preferred
A working knowledge of SoC architecture, fabric/interconnect technologies, power management, and advanced process nodes is preferred
MS or PhD (preferred)
Experience in advanced process technologies is highly desirable
Individual contributor role, but some management/team lead experience is nice-to-have
Company
Ambiq
Ambiq® was founded in 2010 on the simple yet powerful notion that extremely low-power semiconductors are the key to the future of electronics.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$387.13MKey Investors
Q Venture PartnersOUP (Osage University Partners)Kleiner Perkins
2025-07-30IPO
2023-09-12Series Unknown· $83.22M
2022-02-11Series Unknown· $44.81M
Leadership Team
Fumihide Esaka
Chief Executive Officer
Scott Hanson
Founder and CTO
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