Staff Validation Engineer - Power

The role

The Staff Power Validation Engineer is a senior technical individual contributor responsible for defining and executing power validation strategies for next-generation ultra-low-power SoCs. This role involves post-silicon power validation, characterization, and optimization through cross-functional technical leadership.

What you will do

• Lead power validation, characterization, and optimization for complex mixed-signal SoCs and edge AI devices.
• Develop validation methodologies, automation frameworks, and reusable software tools for power analysis and characterization.
• Design and execute validation plans covering system-, subsystem-, and block-level power behavior.
• Develop embedded firmware and automation software for silicon bring-up, current profiling, and data collection.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to optimize power performance and resolve complex silicon issues.
• Design validation hardware and specify laboratory equipment for precision power measurement and ultra-low-current characterization.
• Analyze power behavior across operating modes, sleep states, AI workloads, and peripheral activity.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on power validation best practices.

Required qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in silicon validation, power characterization, or low-power SoC development.
• Strong understanding of mixed-signal SoCs, embedded systems, and advanced power management architectures.
• Experience developing validation automation using Python, TCL, C/C++, or similar languages.
• Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, source measurement units (SMUs), picoammeters, and other precision measurement equipment.
• Experience with embedded firmware development and ARM-based SoCs.
• Proven ability to analyze and debug complex hardware, firmware, and system-level power issues.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience validating ultra-low-power SoCs and edge AI devices.
• Familiarity with AI accelerators, DSP architectures, and heterogeneous compute systems.
• Experience with dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS), multiple power domains, retention modes, and advanced low-power techniques.
• Experience with statistical characterization, production correlation, and silicon debug.

Nice to have

• Experience developing reusable validation infrastructure and laboratory automation.

Before you apply

• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States for any employer.
• We do not sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas (now or in the future) for this role.

About the company

Ambiq is on a mission to enable intelligence everywhere by powering the AI edge revolution with low-power semiconductor solutions. Since 2010, they have shipped over 300 million units to customers building wearables, medical devices, IoT products, and AI-powered edge applications.