SMT Process Engineer (Greenfield Factory)
Etched · San Jose
CHECKED 7H AGO
Infrastructureonsitesenior
At a glance
Highlights
- Help establish first PCBA factory and launch initial SMT production line.
- Own SMT programming, process development and yield improvement end-to-end.
- Build hardware for frontier AI inference throughput and latency.
What they offer
- Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
- $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
- Housing subsidy of $2,500 per month for those living within walking distance
- Relocation support for those 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
Hands-on manufacturing engineer who thrives building operations from scratch and owning SMT readiness end-to-end. You care about yield, uptime, and mentoring technicians while bringing new hardware to volume.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or equivalent practical experience
- 10+ years of SMT manufacturing engineering experience
- Demonstrated experience supporting SMT line installation, commissioning, or factory startup
- Experience with equipment acceptance testing, qualification, and production ramp-up
- Hands-on experience programming and optimizing SMT equipment
- Experience supporting PCBA manufacturing from prototype builds through high-volume production
- 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