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We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history.\nKey responsibilities\nProduction Planning & Scheduling\nDevelop and maintain end-to-end production schedules for silicon wafers, interposers, and test/assembly, supporting phases from engineering builds to mass production.\n\nCoordinate with foundries, OSATs (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test providers), and internal stakeholders to ensure production milestones and quality goals are met.\n\nCollaborate with test engineering teams to coordinate ATE test program development, bring-up planning, and bench validation hardware readiness.\n\nTrack and forecast capacity planning across all silicon manufacturing stages, including wafer fabrication, component procurement, assembly, and test.\n\nSupply Chain Coordination\nManage the procurement, delivery, and scheduling of key silicon components (e.g., wafers, interposers, substrates) to ensure optimal time-to-market.\n\nAct as the operational lead between internal teams and suppliers, ensuring transparency and alignment across silicon, packaging, validation, and manufacturing.\n\nPrepare for mass production ramp by ensuring material readiness, test infrastructure availability, and logistic support to mitigate bottlenecks or delays.\n\nForecasting & Reporting\nBuild and maintain demand forecasts for silicon and related components, based on build plans, yield assumptions, validation schedules, and market dynamics.\n\nShare regular forecasts with supply chain partners and ensure proactive capacity allocation at foundries and OSATs.\n\nGenerate and maintain detailed dashboards and reports to track schedule adherence, capacity utilization, inventory status, and delivery performance for executive and technical stakeholders.\n\nYou may be a good fit if you have\nBachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field.\n\n5+ years of experience in supply chain management, production planning, or operations within the semiconductor industry.\n\nDeep understanding of the silicon lifecycle: tape-out, fabrication, packaging, test, bring-up, and validation\n\nProven track record working with foundries (TSMC, Samsung, etc.) and OSATs (ASE, Amkor, JCET, etc.).\n\nWillingness to travel up to 25% for onsite supplier engagement, engineering builds, and production ramp support.\n\nStrong understanding of: Silicon manufacturing processes, including wafer fabrication, dicing, bumping, CoWoS packaging, and testing;\n\nProficiency in using ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and advanced Excel skills or analytics tools.\n\nExperience with hardware validation cycles and managing silicon hardware logistics.\n\nExceptional program management and organizational skills with the ability to handle complex timelines and interdependencies.\n\nEffective communicator and cross-functional leader across engineering, validation, and operations teams.\n\nStrong candidates may also have\nExperience working on advanced process nodes (e.g., 5nm, 3nm).\n\nFamiliarity with ATE platforms (Teradyne, Advantest) and test program infrastructure.\n\nPrior experience managing silicon bring-up in hyperscale computing, AI/ML, or high-performance SoC environments.\n\nPMP certification or equivalent project/program management training.\n\nFamiliarity with CoWoS or other 2.5D/3D packaging technologies.\n\nBenefits\nFull medical, dental, and vision packages, with generous premium coverage\n\nHousing subsidy of $2,500/month for those living within walking distance of the office\n\nDaily lunch and dinner in our office\n\nRelocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)\n\nHow we’re different\nEtched believes in the Bitter Lesson. We think most of the progress in the AI field has come from using more FLOPs to train and run models, and the best way to get more FLOPs is to build model-specific hardware. Larger and larger training runs encourage companies to consolidate around fewer model architectures, which creates a market for single-model ASICs.\nWe are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and greatly value engineering skills. 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