Manufacturing Engineer

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Manufacturing EngineerManufacturing & Production

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Overview

About Etched Etched is building the world’s first AI inference system purpose-built for transformers - delivering over 10x higher performance and dramatically lower cost and latency than a B200.

Key Responsibilities

Lead manufacturing readiness for new product introductions (NPI) and sustaining engineering activities at board and system level.

Technical Tools

performance-management

Etched is building the world’s first AI inference system purpose-built for transformers - delivering over 10x higher performance and dramatically lower cost and latency than a B200. With Etched ASICs, you can build products that would be impossible with GPUs, like real-time video generation models and extremely deep & parallel chain-of-thought reasoning agents. 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.

Responsibilities

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Lead manufacturing readiness for new product introductions (NPI) and sustaining engineering activities at board and system level.
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Drive DFM (Design for Manufacturability) and DFT (Design for Test) for PCBAs and
electrical subsystems to ensure robust, scalable, and cost-effective production.
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Collaborate with suppliers to ensure process capability and yield targets are met.
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Identify and resolve yield issues during ramp and mass production.
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Perform failure analysis and root cause investigations for electrical issues.
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Analyze production data to improve quality, cost, and cycle time.
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Travel domestically and internationally to support manufacturing builds.
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Review and influence Process FMEA and Design FMEA, providing diagnostics input.
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Develop, release, and maintain product documentation across the lifecycle.
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Provide leadership in complex issue resolution and drive defect/yield improvement
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Initiatives.
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Drive concise, timely communication to Cross-functional Etched peers as well as
external supplier/partners.
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Support build activities on-site across CMs and vendors.
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Plan capacity and drive factory equipment budgeting activities.
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Develop and refine throughput models to ensure production meets current and future
forecasted demand with optimal resource utilization.
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Partner with ODM or EMS engineers to architect an end-to-end balanced production line
flow and throughput models to meet capacity scaling needs.
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As L10/11 Manufacturing process SME, create/release L10/11 assembly tooling, SOP’s,
and process documentation working with Operations and Engineering teams.
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Host regularly recurring factory manufacturing and process execution calls to monitor
and manage key objectives.
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Identify manufacturing risks and develop/execute risk management plans including but
not limited to work arounds.
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Oversee onboarding, production ramp-up, and engineering performance management of
external partners.
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Ensure manufacturing factory readiness by driving equipment and assembly station
deployment with goal of best–in-class manufacturing processes.
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Monitor yields, throughput, and quality metrics; drive issue resolution with engineering
and supplier quality teams with our quality team
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Evaluate CM and vendor readiness with regular audits and recurring reviews for quality
Improvement with our supply chain team

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
10+ years of experience in manufacturing, product, or electrical engineering
Strong knowledge of system hardware architectures and PCB fabrication/assembly
processes.
Proven ability to work across NPI and sustaining environments, from proto bring-up to
ramp.
Strong problem-solving skills with focus on yield, manufacturability, and cost optimization.
Collaborative mindset to work effectively with cross-functional teams and suppliers.