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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
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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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