ambiqmicroinc
Staff Validation Engineer - Wireless Radio Lead
At a Glance
- Location
- Austin, Texas, United States
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Posted
- 2026-07-20T13:01:09-04:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Automation
- Embedded Systems
- Energy
- Engineering
- IoT
- Regulatory
Requirements
8+ years of experience in wireless radio validation, RF characterization, or embedded wireless system development.
Strong understanding of Bluetooth® Low Energy radio architecture, RF fundamentals, and mixed-signal SoCs.
Experience developing embedded firmware and validation automation using C/C++, Python, TCL, or similar languages.
Hands-on experience with RF laboratory equipment, including spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers/generators, network analyzers, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
Experience with RF characterization, antenna performance, impedance matching, and wireless compliance testing.
Strong understanding of embedded systems, ARM-based SoCs, and low-power wireless architectures.
Responsibilities
Lead post-silicon validation, characterization, and optimization of Bluetooth® Low Energy and other wireless radio subsystems.
Define wireless validation methodologies, regression strategies, and automated test frameworks.
Develop embedded firmware, software tools, and automation for RF validation, PHY characterization, and radio performance analysis.
Design and execute validation plans covering RF performance, sensitivity, transmit power, coexistence, and power consumption.
Develop validation hardware and laboratory infrastructure for RF characterization and compliance testing.
Collaborate with Architecture, RF Design, Analog Design, Firmware, Systems Engineering, and Product Engineering to debug and optimize wireless performance.