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Thermal Engineer, Rack Level

Etched · San Jose

Infrastructureonsitesenior$200k–$250k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own thermal design and validation for liquid-cooled L11 inference racks.
  • Define fill, commissioning and bring-up for datacenter deployments.
  • Validate reference CDUs and guide facility cooling integration.

What they offer

  • Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
  • $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
  • Housing subsidy of $2k per month for those living within walking distance of the office
  • Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
  • Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
  • Daily lunch and dinner in our office
  • Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
  • Significant equity

Ideal candidate

Hands-on thermal engineer with 5-10 years commissioning liquid cooling in real datacenters who thrives at the messy interface between spec and white space and enjoys working directly with customers and suppliers.

Requirements

  • 5-10 years of experience in thermal or mechanical engineering with direct, hands-on CDU and datacenter liquid cooling experience
  • Experience installing, commissioning, or validating liquid cooling systems at datacenter scale
  • Experience with CDU validation and commissioning, including flow, pressure, temperature, and controls testing
  • Strong working knowledge of datacenter cooling loops (facility water and technology cooling system / secondary loops) and the control systems that run them
  • Comfort working directly with customers, facility teams, and suppliers to resolve integration issues
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Engineering, or a related field
remote policy
On-site only

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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