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Firmware Engineer

Etched · San Jose

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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own accelerator software turning custom silicon into a full inference system.
  • Bring CPUs and boards to life from first power-on to inference execution.
  • Co-design chips, racks, and software for best-in-class inference throughput.

What they offer

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

Ideal candidate

Low-level builder who loves bringing new silicon to life and shipping to production. Deep in firmware, embedded, or kernel work, systems-curious, and thrives where hardware and software evolve together.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
  • Strong C/C++ and software engineering fundamentals
  • Experience building and debugging low-level software that interacts directly with hardware
  • Depth in firmware, embedded systems, device runtimes, operating systems, or kernel/driver development
  • Experience shipping software on real hardware into production
  • Familiarity with technologies such as ARM, PCIe, DMA, HBM, DRAM, Ethernet, UART, RTOS, or FPGA systems
  • Strong systems intuition around performance, concurrency, memory, reliability, and fault handling
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Lab profile

About Etched

Building specialized AI chips and systems for frontier inference with best-in-class throughput and latency.

What they build

  • Sohu AI inference chip
  • AI racks and hardware systems
  • Inference software stack

Known for

  • Full-stack co-design of chips, racks, software and manufacturing
  • Best-in-class throughput and latency for prefill and decode
  • Inference-optimized architecture

Key facts

  • Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors
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