Staff Engineer - System Test - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 19 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This is an on-site role in Austin, Texas, providing technical leadership for system-level test strategy and automation across Ambiq MCU platforms. The scope spans embedded firmware, test infrastructure, lab equipment, and data analysis across pre-silicon platforms (FPGA or emulation) and post-silicon evaluation boards.
What you'll do
- Define test coverage and execute system-level testing across Ambiq MCU platforms and SDK releases. - Architect, develop, and maintain regression frameworks and test automation using Python, covering orchestration, board control, and failure triage. - Design, implement, and debug embedded test cases for MCU subsystems and peripherals using C and assembly. - Automate laboratory instruments and measurement workflows using interfaces like SCPI, VISA, or PyVISA to support system characterization. - Lead system-level debug across firmware, drivers, SoC blocks, and evaluation boards to identify root causes and corrective actions. - Support pre-silicon testing on FPGA or emulation platforms as well as post-silicon bring-up and validation on evaluation boards.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. - At least 6 years of relevant experience with a Master's degree or 8 years with a Bachelor's degree in embedded systems, system testing, or validation. - Strong Python programming experience for test automation and C or C++ for embedded software and test development. - Demonstrated experience developing or maintaining automated regression systems, including test execution, result handling, and failure analysis. - Solid understanding of MCU architecture and embedded systems, including interrupts, DMA, memory, clock control, and peripherals (SPI, I2C, UART, USB). - Hands-on experience debugging embedded systems using lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers, or debug probes. - Experience with an RTOS such as FreeRTOS or Zephyr, alongside Git version control.
Skills: system-level test, regression framework, embedded firmware, lab equipment, post-silicon evaluation
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 44-day median for Post-Silicon Validation roles.
Post-Silicon Validation · Silicon Validation
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Open roles in category
411
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Median days open
44 d
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Median salary
$172k
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| Metric | Ambiq Micro | All employers we track in this specialty (411 roles · 61 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 411 |
| Open roles in the wider Silicon Validation & Test family | 8 | 2227 · 113 employers |
| Median days open | 44 d | 44 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $172k |
Skills observed across this category: system-level test, regression framework, embedded firmware, lab equipment, post-silicon evaluation
Who's hiring in this category
- AMD · 58 open roles · median 45 d
- Micron Technology · 39 open roles · median 41 d
- Qualcomm · 36 open roles · median 30 d
- NVIDIA · 26 open roles · median 25 d
- Microchip Technology · 22 open roles · median 70 d
- Graphcore · 20 open roles · median 123 d
How we counted: 411 open Post-Silicon Validation (Silicon Validation) roles from 61 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 Silicon Validation & Test family row. Figures refresh nightly.