ambiqmicroinc

Sr. Staff Embedded Software Engineer - Security

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At a Glance

Location
Austin, Texas, United States
Experience
10+ years
Posted
2026-03-09T16:59:31-04:00

Key Requirements

Required Skills

BashCI/CDExcelGitPython

Domain Knowledge

  • Embedded Systems
  • Energy
  • IoT

Requirements

BS/MS (EE, CE, or CS) with 10+ years of embedded projects utilizing both bare metal and RTOS systems/real-time environments.

Expert-level proficiency in C, with C++ and object-oriented extensions.

Embedded Expertise: Strong knowledge of ARM architectures, RTOS, and low-level drivers (I2C, SPI, UART).

Security Expertise: Experience with Secure Boot, PKI, encryption (AES, RSA, ECC), and embedded security (TrustZone, CryptoCell).

Familiarity with debuggers (JTAG, Saleae), Git, and scripting languages (Python, Bash).

Understanding of security implications for the embedded systems, and familiarity with IoT security concepts (TrustZone, CryptoCell, and secure boot)

Responsibilities

Technical Leadership within the MCU Software team.

Lead the technical planning, work assignments, and implementation for the new products and new features to be implemented by the MCU software team.

Work with the teams, e.g., Design, Architecture, Verification, and Applications, to define and implement new security features from design to production.

Participate in testing and verification of pre-silicon (via FPGA emulation), and post-silicon (first Silicon), and debug of issues found, focusing on Secure Bootrom and Bootloader and the hardware features supporting them.

Integration and Testing of runtime cryptographic operations utilizing the embedded hardware accelerators.

Work closely with the SQA and System Test team to help define and implement test cases for security deliverables to ensure full coverage.