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SI/PI Engineer

Etched · San Jose

CHECKED 9H AGO

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At a glance

Highlights

  • Build hardware for frontier intelligence focused on inference throughput and latency.
  • Own SI/PI methodology for high-speed PCB and system designs end to end.
  • Co-design chips, racks, software and manufacturing for best-in-class performance.

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 those living within walking distance of the office
  • Relocation support for moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
  • Wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
  • Daily lunch and dinner in the office
  • Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification

Ideal candidate

A hands-on hardware engineer who loves owning electrical margins end-to-end and correlating simulations to lab measurements to push inference performance.

Requirements

  • B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or closely related discipline
  • 5+ years of hands-on SI/PI experience on high-speed designs (>1 Gbps serial links or DDR4/5 and HBM3/4 memory interfaces)
  • Proficiency with SI/PI EDA tools (Cadence Sigrity, Ansys SIwave/HFSS, Keysight ADS, or equivalent)
  • Strong understanding of transmission line theory, return-loss, insertion-loss, crosstalk, eye-diagram analysis, and jitter decomposition
  • Experience with PDN modelling, target impedance methodology, and DC IR analysis
  • Working knowledge of multi-layer PCB stack-up design and controlled-impedance trace routing
  • Hands-on lab skills with VNA, TDR, BERT operation, and oscilloscope probing
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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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