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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.\nJob Summary\nEtched is seeking a Test Infrastructure Engineer to build and run the infrastructure behind factory testing of our AI systems, from new product introduction through mass production.\nYou will join a new, small central team that owns making factory testing reliable, repeatable, and scalable. A factory test floor looks a lot like a small datacenter: hundreds of boards, servers, and racks under test at once, all running our test software and reporting results back. You will own that layer: the systems that provision and run test stations, move test results and logs into one reliable source of truth, and roll out new test software safely across factories. You will work closely with hardware, firmware, software, and production teams, and with our contract manufacturing partners.\nKey Responsibilities\nBuild and operate the test execution platform that runs factory tests across stations, servers, and racks, and keep it running reliably during factory hours.\n\nProvision and manage the Linux fleet on the factory floor: OS imaging and network boot, configuration management, and lifecycle automation for test stations and systems under test.\n\nDesign and maintain the networking that test stations and racks depend on, working with factory partners on site.\n\nBuild data pipelines that reliably capture every test run, its logs, and hardware genealogy into a central view of test history, yield, throughput, and unit history.\n\nOwn versioned release, canary, and rollback of factory test packages so new test software reaches production safely and traceably.\n\nBuild monitoring and alerting across factory infrastructure, and lead debugging when infrastructure issues block production.\n\nIntegrate with contract manufacturers' factory systems (MES/SFIS) and with shared internal data platforms.\n\nAutomate repetitive debug work, such as gathering evidence and grouping repeated failure signatures, and help build toward AI-assisted failure triage.\n\nYou may be a good fit if you have (Must-have qualifications)\n3+ years of experience building and operating production infrastructure.\n\nStrong Linux administration skills: boot process, package management, systemd, storage, and debugging from the command line.\n\nSolid networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, VPNs, and how networks are laid out in server rooms or datacenters.\n\nExperience with distributed systems: services that run across many machines and keep working when some of them fail.\n\nStrong coding skills in Python, C++, or Rust. You build real tools and services, not only configuration.\n\nExperience with automation and configuration management (e.g. Ansible, Terraform) and CI/CD.\n\nExperience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana) and debugging production issues.\n\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.\n\nWillingness to work onsite in San Jose or Taiwan and travel to manufacturing partners as needed.\n\nStrong candidates may also have experience with (Nice-to-have qualifications)\nBare-metal server fleets, lab or datacenter automation, or HPC clusters (e.g. PXE, Slurm).\n\nServer management interfaces such as BMC, IPMI, or Redfish.\n\nManufacturing test infrastructure, test automation platforms, or factory software (MES, SFIS).\n\nData pipelines for test results, yield analysis, or hardware genealogy.\n\nAI servers, GPU or accelerator systems, or other high-performance compute platforms.\n\nWorking with contract manufacturers; Mandarin is a plus for Taiwan-based candidates.\n\nBringing first-generation hardware into production at a fast-paced startup.\n\nBenefits\nCompetitive compensation packages including generous equity packages\n\nComprehensive insurance coverage and other top-of-market benefits\n\nHow we’re different\nEtched believes in the Bitter Lesson. 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