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Etched
San Jose, US
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to unconventional thinkers with strong engineering skills who thrive in a fully in-person hardware development environment.

Best fit for

  • Engineers comfortable blurring boundaries between research and implementation.
    — “We do not have boundaries between engineering and research
  • Builders who prioritize raw computational power over architectural generality.
    — “the best way to get more FLOPs is to build model-specific hardware
  • Candidates who can articulate specific impact beyond predefined roles.
    — “have a clear vision for how you could create an outsized impact

Things to consider

  • Mandatory in-person work in San Jose or Taipei locations.
    — “We are a fully in-person team in San Jose and Taipei
  • Housing subsidy requires living within walking distance of office.
    — “Housing subsidy of $2k per month for those living within walking distance

How to stand out

  • Propose a concrete project aligning with their FLOPs-first philosophy.
    — “Tell us what you'd work on, why it matters
  • Demonstrate contributions to both engineering and research in past roles.
    — “expect all of our technical staff to contribute to both as needed
  • Show hardware-software co-design experience relevant to AI acceleration.
    — “We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • create an outsized impact at Etched
  • contribute to both engineering and research
Typical background
exceptional people who don't fit neatly into pre-defined job descriptions

Skills & requirements

Required

Unconventional ThinkingProblem-solvingTechnical SkillsEngineering

Preferred

AI ResearchHardware DesignModel-specific Hardware

Stack & domain

Hardware DesignChip DesignRacks DesignSoftware DesignManufacturing DesignUnconventional ThinkingProblem SolvingTeamworkAIHardwareSoftwareManufacturing

About the role

Original posting from Etched via Ashby

About Etched

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. We co-design 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

Exceptional companies are built by exceptional people. We’ve found that exceptional people don’t always fit neatly into pre-defined job descriptions.

If you're excited about what we're building and have a clear vision for how you could create an outsized impact at Etched, we'd love to hear from you. Tell us what you'd work on, why it matters, and why you're uniquely suited to do it.

We’re looking for unconventional thinkers, builders, and problem-solvers. If that's you, introduce yourself. We’ll make room.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
  • $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
  • Housing subsidy of $2k per month for those living within walking distance of the office
  • Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
  • Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
  • Daily lunch and dinner in our office
  • Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification

How we’re different

Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html. We think most of the progress in the AI field has come from using more FLOPs to train and run models, and the best way to get more FLOPs is to build model-specific hardware. Larger and larger training runs encourage companies to consolidate around fewer model architectures, which creates a market for single-model ASICs.

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 as needed.

Source: Etched careers (Ashby)

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