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 across L6, L10, and L11 assemblies to production ramp.
- Co-design chips, racks, and software for best-in-class AI 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 for living 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
Cross-functional hardware program leader who thrives at the intersection of design and factory execution. You love driving complex builds to high volume and aligning engineering, supply chain, and CMs.
Requirements
- 7+ years in hardware engineering with transition to Technical/Design/Manufacturing Program Management
- Background in mechanical, electrical, systems, or manufacturing engineering leading programs through NPI to production
- Experience managing manufacturing readiness for complex electromechanical or high-performance compute hardware
- Strong understanding of EVT, DVT, PVT, and production ramp
- Experience leading DFM reviews and partnering with hardware engineering
- Experience working directly with contract manufacturers, FATP, ODM/OEM operations
- Excellent 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, including presenting to senior leadership
- Willing to work in-person from San Jose and travel internationally to manufacturing partners
- remote policy
- 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