About Etched

Etched is building AI chips that are hard-coded for individual model architectures. Our first product (Sohu) only supports transformers, but has an order of magnitude more throughput and lower 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.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly motivated Manufacturing Test Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will bridge the gap between hardware, software, and production, developing test code and test procedures, and ensuring seamless test deployment and production line readiness for our advanced AI systems. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including ASIC design and software engineering, to build and optimize test processes to drive high quality, with best possible throughput.

This role will leverage the Silicon and Platform Validation teams with the goal of producing common source code between Silicon Test and Production Test. This role will perform as a bridge between the Development Lab and Manufacturing. Tasks will include working with existing test suites and modifying code to function on an actual system in the manufacturing environment. Developments from Scratch will include:

• Architecture of the Production Test-Flow and Automation

• Production User-Interface

• Automated Data-Logging and building a long-term Database and Data Processing Tools

This position will include assisting in the initial bring up and debug of first article modules and servers.

Representative projects

• System-Level Testing Development: Work closely with the ASIC design and software teams to design and implement test stations for system-level testing and full server burn-in testing at the production line.

• Diagnostic Test Creation: Collaborate with the software team to develop diagnostic tests necessary for comprehensive product functional testing.

• Test Plan Development: Create detailed test plans to ensure production line flow is efficient, thorough, and aligned with product requirements.

• ODM Collaboration: Partner with production engineers at Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) to help architect and design end-to-end production line flow, including flow, test coverage, and throughput models to meet capacity planning needs.

• Optimization for Ramp Conditions: Optimize test time, yield, and coverage to achieve ideal ramp conditions, enabling efficient scaling to meet production demands.

• Continuous Improvement: Analyze test data to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies and implement improvements to boost production line performance.

• Capacity Planning: Develop and refine throughput models to ensure production meets current and future demand with optimal resource utilization.

Representative projects

• Develop test programs for AI Modules and Servers with focus on standard libraries and new methodology.

• Develop, implement, and manage module-level, system-level, and solution-level hardware test to ensure our products exceed customer expectations for performance and quality

• Design the test and environments for each level of test from board to integrated solution, including equipment selection, test code development, debug and results analysis

• Work with the silicon and platform teams to optimize testing for cost and time, while ensuring that adequate guard bands are developed and implemented for the range of customer environments

• Assist in developing quality and reliability standards for all suppliers working with Etched. Ensure that all components and systems meet or exceed the required benchmarks.

You may be a good fit if you have

• Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a related field

• 3+ years of experience in manufacturing test engineering, test design and development, production engineering, or a related role in the semiconductor or electronics industry

• Experience with high performance compute and/or enterprise-class products and solutions

• Strong understanding of system-level and functional testing methodologies

• Experience working with ASIC design and software teams to develop and execute testing strategies

• Proven ability to architect production line test setups and experience transferring test processes from development to production environments, including end-to-end flow design and capacity planning, in collaboration with ODMs

• Proficiency in data analysis tools and methods for optimizing test time, yield, and throughput

• Excellent problem-solving skills with a focus on process optimization and continuous improvement

• Strong communication and teamwork skills to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams

• Hands-on experience with server-level testing and diagnostics

• Familiarity with automation tools and techniques for production lines

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision packages, with generous premium coverage

• Housing subsidy of $2,000/month for those living within walking distance of the office

• Daily lunch and dinner in our office

• Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)

Base Compensation Range

• $140,000 - $180,000

How we’re different

Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson. 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 (Santana Row), 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.