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Senior Software Program Manager

Austin, Texas, United States

Company Overview

Ambiq is on a mission to enable intelligence everywhere — powering the AI edge revolution with the world's lowest-power semiconductor solutions.

Built on our proprietary sub- and near-threshold technology, our chips deliver multi-fold improvements in energy efficiency without costly process scaling. Since 2010, we've shipped over 300 million units to customers building smarter wearables, medical devices, IoT products, and AI-powered edge applications.

Our cross-functional teams span design, research, development, production, marketing, sales, and operations across Austin, Hsinchu, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Singapore. We move fast, tackle hard problems, and create space for people to grow through complex, meaningful work that shapes the future of technology.

We're looking for self-motivated, creative problem-solvers who are eager to push technological limits and make a real impact in energy efficiency.

At Ambiq, we live by five values: Innovate. Collaborate. Focus. Learn. Achieve.

If that's you, join us — the intelligence everywhere revolution starts here.

 

This role will be on-site 5 days a week in NW Austin.

Scope 

As the Senior Software Program Manager, you will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of software development programs for Ambiq's AmbiqSuite SDK across current and next-generation ARM Cortex-M based SoCs. You will work closely with software and hardware engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle—from pre-silicon planning through silicon bring-up, production software releases, and long-term maintenance. 

Working with software architects, engineering managers, and technical leads, you will develop realistic execution plans, identify dependencies and resource constraints, track progress against milestones, and proactively manage program risks. Success in this role requires strong technical understanding of embedded software development, excellent communication skills, and the ability to translate engineering discussions into executable project plans. 

You will collaborate across software, architecture, RTL design, design verification, validation, applications engineering, and product management teams across multiple geographies. You will help define priorities, identify risks, track progress, and provide data-driven insights that enable timely decision-making. You will serve as a technical leader and trusted partner, championing software development best practices, quality metrics, and continuous process improvement to help deliver world-class software solutions to our customers. 

Responsibilities 

  • Lead planning, scheduling, and execution of multiple embedded software development programs from pre-silicon development through production releases.  
  • Develop integrated project plans by working directly with engineering teams to estimate effort, identify dependencies, and define realistic milestones.  
  • Track execution across multiple projects, proactively identifying schedule risks, resource constraints, and technical dependencies.  
  • Partner with design engineering and management to prioritize work, balance resources across programs, and recommend trade-offs when schedules or staffing change.  
  • Coordinate software activities with SoC architecture, RTL design, design verification, validation, applications engineering, product management, and marketing teams.  
  • Drive cross-functional communication, issue resolution, and timely escalation of program risks.  
  • Monitor software quality metrics, defect trends, release readiness, and execution health throughout the development lifecycle.  
  • Develop program dashboards and executive status reports that provide clear visibility into schedules, risks, dependencies, and resource utilization.  
  • Support software release planning, customer commitments, and product launch activities. 

Qualifications 

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field; Master's degree preferred.  
  • 10+ years of technical program management or engineering leadership experience in embedded software within semiconductor or consumer electronics development.  
  • Strong understanding of embedded software development practices, software development lifecycles, and Agile methodologies.  
  • Experience developing integrated project schedules from engineering estimates and managing execution across multiple concurrent programs.  
  • Working knowledge of software development workflows, CI/CD systems, defect tracking, release management, and project management tools.  
  • Ability to communicate effectively with software developers and technical leaders and to translate technical discussions into actionable project plans.  
  • Experience coordinating with cross-functional engineering teams including software, RTL design, architecture, design verification, validation, and applications engineering.  
  • Solid understanding of embedded hardware platforms and board-level system design, sufficient to analyze hardware/software dependencies and support bring-up activities.  
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills with the ability to influence decisions across engineering and executive leadership.  
  • Experience with ARM Cortex-M–based embedded systems, RTOS environments, SDK development, or semiconductor product development is highly desirable.  
  • Experience using AI-assisted software development tools and LLMs to improve engineering productivity is a plus. 

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.

 

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