Silicon Validation Engineer, Software
Etched · San Jose
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At a glance
Highlights
- Build validation firmware proving AI accelerator ASICs work from emulation to ramp.
- Drive first-silicon bring-up and debug real AI hardware hands-on in the lab.
- Validate custom inference-focused AI chips built 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
- Housing subsidy of $2.5k per month near office
- Relocation support for those moving to San Jose
- Daily lunch and dinner in office
- Wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
- Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
Ideal candidate
Low-level builder who loves bringing first silicon to life and root-causing tough hardware-software issues across lab, firmware, and architecture teams.
Requirements
- Proficiency in C/C++ for firmware and bare-metal development, plus Python for automation
- Understanding of SoC/computer architecture including CPU cores, memory, caches, interconnects
- Solid low-level fundamentals: bootloaders, HALs, device drivers, register/interrupt programming
- Familiarity developing and debugging in Linux environments
- Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related field
- Strong problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration across hardware and software
- 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
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