Digital Verification Engineer at Ambiq Micro, Inc.

Department: DV

Location: Austin, Texas
Level: senior
Posted: Aug 25, 2026

Description

Ambiq is seeking a Digital Verification Engineer to own end-to-end verification of complex SoCs, including multiple CPUs, DSPs, security hardware, interconnects, and peripheral logic. The role involves developing UVM-based testbenches, C/C++ verification libraries, regression and coverage automation, constrained-random testing, debugging, root-cause analysis, and collaboration with design, architecture, and software teams. Candidates need a BSEE or MSEE, 8–12 years of digital design verification experience, multiple tape-outs, and experience with complex SoCs and third-party IPs; edge-based AI inference experience is a plus.

Required Skills

SystemVerilog
UVM
C/C++
Python
ARM
RISC-V
AMBA protocols
Functional coverage
Constrained-random
Scoreboarding

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Required Previous Experiences: 8–12 years of hands-on digital design verification experience
Multiple tape-outs with silicon functioning to specification
Block-level, sub-system, and full-chip SoC verification
Experience with complex SoCs integrating multiple third-party IPs and VIPs
Preferred Qualifications: Edge-based AI inference workloads
Processor-based systems using ARM or RISC-V
Security IPs, including crypto and OTP
DSP and compute-heavy digital subsystems
High-performance or low-power SoC architectures
Low-power digital architecture verification