Sr. Software Engineer - Radio - Austin, Texas, United States

Originally posted 6 July 2026 by the employer.

Develop wireless software and OpenThread solutions for the Apollo Blue family of low-power silicon.

About the role

As a senior radio software engineer at Ambiq, you will drive wireless software development for the Apollo Blue family and develop wireless software solutions. You will work across teams to integrate and debug wireless components, perform code optimization, and analyze RF and firmware issues.

What you'll do

- Develop wireless solutions and implement new feature development. - Perform code review, code optimization, refactoring, bug hunting, and bug fixing. - Assist the FAE team in customer development issue support. - Produce unit, functional, integration, and interoperability tests, including automating tests. - Work with the Product Planning Team to understand system requirements. - Work with validation and system test teams to triage issues and communicate status to management.

What you'll need

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. - 5+ years of experience with 802.15.4 technology, including Zigbee or Thread software debugging experience with sniffer tools and protocol analyzers. - Familiarity with engineering best practices including git version control, unit-tests, and continuous integration. - Fluent low-level software debugging skills using GDB, emulators, and JTAG. - Knowledge of performance and power optimization. - Experience with Zephyr. - Experience with peripheral protocols including I2C, I2S, MSPI, UART, PDM, and TDM.

Nice to have

- Experience with Bluetooth/BLE. - Experience with RF tunning/calibration.

Skills: wireless software, OpenThread, 802.15.4, low-level debugging, power optimization