Manufacturing Design Program Manager
Etched · San Jose
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At a glance
Highlights
- Drive manufacturing readiness for transformer-specific AI inference systems.
- Lead DFM reviews and production ramp for L6, L10 and L11 assemblies.
- Co-design chips, racks and software for best-in-class throughput.
What they offer
- Medical, dental and vision packages with generous premium coverage
- $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
- $2,500 per month housing subsidy within walking distance of office
- Relocation support for moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
- Wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health and more
- Daily lunch and dinner in office
- Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
Ideal candidate
Hardware engineer turned program leader who thrives where design meets factory execution. You love owning NPI ramps and aligning engineering, supply chain and CMs to ship high-volume hardware.
Requirements
- 7+ years in hardware engineering with transition to Technical, Design or Manufacturing Program Management
- Background in mechanical, electrical, systems or manufacturing engineering with cross-functional NPI to production leadership
- Experience managing manufacturing readiness for complex electromechanical or high-performance compute hardware
- Strong understanding of EVT, DVT, PVT and production ramp phases
- Experience leading DFM reviews and partnering with hardware engineering throughout development
- Experience working directly with contract manufacturers, FATP partners or ODM/OEM operations
- Cross-functional program management across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain and operations
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills driving manufacturing issue resolution
- Excellent written and verbal communication presenting status, risks and tradeoffs to senior leadership
- Willing to work in-person from San Jose office and travel internationally as needed
- remote policy
- No remote - fully in-person
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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