Company Overview

Ambiq's mission is to?develop the lowest-power semiconductor solutions?to enable intelligent devices everywhere by developing the lowest-power semiconductor solutions to drive a more energy-efficient, sustainable, and data-driven world.?Ambiq has helped leading manufacturers worldwide develop products that last weeks on a single charge (rather than days), while delivering a maximum feature set in compact industrial designs. Ambiq's goal is to take Artificial Intelligence (AI) where it has never gone before in mobile and portable devices, using Ambiq's advanced ultra-low power system on chip (SoC) solutions. Ambiq has shipped more than 250 million units by 2024. For more information, visit?www.ambiq.com.

Our innovative and fast-moving teams of research, development, production, marketing, sales, and operations are spread across several continents, including the US (Austin and San Jose), Taiwan (Hsinchu), China (Shenzhen and Shanghai), Japan (Tokyo), and Singapore. We value continued technology innovation, fanatical attention to customer needs, collaborative decision-making, and enthusiasm for energy efficiency. We embrace candidates who also share these same values. The successful candidate must be self-motivated, creative, and comfortable learning and driving exciting new technologies. We encourage and nurture an environment for growth and opportunities to work on complex, engaging, and challenging projects that will create a lasting impact. Join us on our quest for 100 billion devices. The endpoint intelligence revolution starts here.

Scope

As the Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Camera and ISP drivers at Ambiq, you will drive the development and testing of AmbiqSuite SDK on Ambiq SoC devices and emulation platforms, focusing on HAL and drivers for Ambiq’s next generation MCU camera interfaces, image signal processors and corresponding camera devices.

This role works within our global MCU software development team and will work closely with architecture team and local MCU SoC design team, focusing on MCU software development and test activities.

The successful candidate should be a fast-learning, result-driven, and self-motivated team player with an “always learning” mindset. He should have an inquiring spirit and be comfortable in a lab environment and in executing hands-on debugging for embedded systems

The person in this role will be responsible for extending the hardware adaptation layer (HAL) and device drivers of the SDK to new platforms as well as enhancing its features and content. The candidate will be involved in the extension of the SDK to cover new MCU members of the family as they become available.

This role can either be in Shanghai or Singapore.

Responsibilities

• Work with our software architects to define the hardware abstraction layer (HAL) and board support package (BSP) of the SDK.
• Design, develop and maintain HAL interfaces for MCU camera interfaces, such as MIPI CSI, and low-speed interfaces such as 8-bit parallel.
• Design, develop and maintain HAL interfaces for integrated image signal processors (ISP).
• Design, develop and maintain examples and software testcases for MCU camera interfaces and ISP.
• Take a key role in pre-silicon verification on FPGA, as well as post-silicon bring up, verification, and debug focusing on MCU camera interfaces.
• Design, develop and maintain real-time OS ports for Ambiq MCUs.
• Support design verification (DV) and validation engineers, field engineers, and key customers as needed.

• MS in ECE or Computer Science and 6+ years of experience or BS ECE/CS with 8+ years of experience.
• Deep understanding of ARM architecture, M-profile preferred.
• Deep understanding of embedded RTOS required, Zephyr and FreeRTOS preferred.
• Experience with developing embedded MCU code in C and assembly language on Arm Cortex-M Processors, with at least one MCU IDE from ARM, Keil, IAR, Eclipse, O-zone or other.
• Deep understanding of low-resolution camera interfaces and MIPI CSI in embedded systems, with experience in developing HAL and device drivers for I2C, SPI, MIPI, DMA controllers, and image sensors. Familiarity with Image Signal Processors (ISP) and each stage of a camera ISP pipeline, with experience in developing HAL for ISP is highly preferred. Good hands-on experience on lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers etc. for debugging issues.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence and collaboration tools.
• Experience with source code control systems (git) required.
• Understanding software testing and test automation principles.
• Excellent problem-solving skills dealing with complex system level issues related to HW/SW debug.
• Experience with scripting languages required and python experience is desirable.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

What You'll Need:

We're seeking passionate technologists who thrive on breaking boundaries, solving complex challenges, and driving transformative solutions.

At Ambiq, you'll collaborate with a dynamic team that values relentless innovation, customer-centric thinking, and continuous learning. If you're a self-motivated, creative problem-solver eager to push technological limits and make a meaningful impact in energy efficiency, this is your opportunity to grow, excel, and turn groundbreaking ideas into reality.

Most importantly, the successful candidate will be able to live the Ambiq Shared Values:

• Innovate: We tenaciously find ways to break down the barriers to possible solutions
• Collaborate: We proactively communicate and encourage each other to be better.
• Focus: We keep the voice of the customer at the center of everything we do.
• Learn: We strive for continuous improvement and are always curious.
• Achieve: We execute on quality and follow through on our commitments.