About Etched
Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. Co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history.
Job Summary
Etched is looking for exceptional hardware system engineers to join our team. The candidate will be responsible for schematic design for our accelerator module, and will help us pave the way for manufacturing scale.
Key Responsibilities
Lead board development for Etched’s accelerator systems
Work with Signal Integrity, PCB, and Mechanical Engineering to solve system level design problems
Collaborate with ODMs/OEMs on system requirements, including bringup and validation plans
Understand datacenter customer requirements and ensure our servers meet them
Bring up of system base board and mezzanine card
Create and manage PCBA documentation including BOMs and special assembly processes
Define test plans and test equipment for bring-up and manufacturing
You may be a good fit if you have (Must-have qualifications)
5-10 years of experience in complex server/switch system design and development
Extensive experience on 100G Ethernet, PCIe Gen5, I2C, SPI, UART interfaces
Familiar with modern AI/datacenter system architecture
Proven track record of designing systems alongside silicon
Deep understanding of datacenter needs, especially with respect to high power (>10 kW) AI servers
Benefits
Competitive compensation packages, including generous equity packages
Comprehensive insurance coverage and other top-of-market benefits
How We’re Different
Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson. We are the first inference-focused frontier AI system, betting early on transformer and transformer-like architectures and on increasing model sizes. Our addressable market is the entirety of inference, unlike many of our competitors.
We are a fully in-person team in San Jose and Taipei, and greatly value engineering skills. We do not have boundaries between engineering and research, and we expect all of our technical staff to contribute to both and work across disciplines as needed.
Skills Required
- 5-10 years of experience in complex server/switch system design and development
- Extensive experience with 100G Ethernet, PCIe Gen5, I2C, SPI, UART interfaces
- Familiarity with modern AI/datacenter system architecture
- Proven track record of designing systems alongside silicon
- Deep understanding of datacenter needs, especially high power (>10 kW) AI servers
- Experience with schematic design and board development for accelerator modules
- Experience collaborating with ODMs/OEMs on system requirements, bring-up and validation plans
- Ability to create and manage PCBA documentation including BOMs and special assembly processes
- Ability to define test plans and specify test equipment for bring-up and manufacturing
Etched Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Etched and has not been reviewed or approved by Etched.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity growth is described as strong and significant equity is part of the package. High total compensation for technical roles reinforces the equity-led upside.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage include generous premium support, indicating robust core healthcare. This reduces employee cost exposure for essential coverage.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Daily lunch and dinner, a housing subsidy for those living near the office, relocation support, and wellness perks are highlighted. These offerings lower day-to-day living costs and support practical wellbeing.
Etched Insights
What We Do
By burning the transformer architecture into our chips, we’re creating the world’s most powerful servers for transformer inference.
