Staff Applications Software Engineer, Zephyr - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 16 June 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As the Staff Applications Software Engineer, Zephyr at Ambiq, you will drive the development and testing of Ambiq's Zephyr software offering. This includes porting new Ambiq SoCs to the Zephyr environment, enabling hardware evaluation platforms, maintaining SoC compliance, building new samples and drivers, and driving power optimizations.
What you'll do
- Lead the development, testing, and maintenance of Ambiq's Zephyr offering, including sample, driver, and software testcase development, as well as hardware enablement. - Take a key role in Ambiq Zephyr repository processes and maintenance, including CI/CD. - Manage Ambiq Zephyr issue status tracking, debug, and resolution. - Collaborate with internal engineering teams to analyze and debug complex system-level issues and develop software solutions. - Drive power optimizations to demonstrate low-power advantages within the Zephyr ecosystem. - Create application notes and software guidelines while supporting applications engineers, field engineers, and key customers.
What you'll need
- BS in ECE or Computer Science with 8+ years of experience, or MS in ECE or Computer Science with 6+ years of experience. - At least 3 years of focused experience working in the Zephyr ecosystem. - Hands-on debugging experience for embedded systems in a lab environment. - Demonstrated experience developing drivers, samples, and software testcases for SoC enablement.
Skills: Zephyr RTOS, ARM Cortex-M, embedded MCU code, drivers, low-power optimization
This role has been open 88 days — well above the 55-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
730
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$169k
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| Metric | Ambiq Micro | All employers we track in this specialty (730 roles · 83 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 730 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 12 | 6166 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 88 d | 55 d (+33 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $169k |
Skills observed across this category: Zephyr RTOS, ARM Cortex-M, embedded MCU code, drivers, low-power optimization
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 119 open roles · median 53 d
- AMD · 65 open roles · median 37 d
- Micron Technology · 61 open roles · median 87 d
- NVIDIA · 56 open roles · median 61 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 46 open roles · median 40 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 32 open roles · median 34 d
How we counted: 730 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 83 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.