Infrastructure Engineer, Factory Acceleration

The role

You will build and run the infrastructure for factory testing of AI systems from product introduction through mass production. You will own the systems that provision test stations, manage data pipelines, and roll out test software.

What you will do

• Build and operate the test execution platform across stations, servers, and racks
• Provision and manage the Linux fleet on the factory floor
• Design and maintain networking for test stations and racks
• Build data pipelines to capture test runs, logs, and hardware genealogy
• Own versioned release, canary, and rollback of factory test packages
• Build monitoring and alerting across factory infrastructure
• Integrate with contract manufacturers' factory systems and internal data platforms
• Automate repetitive debug work and help build toward AI-assisted failure triage

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building and operating production infrastructure
• Strong Linux administration skills: boot process, package management, systemd, storage, and debugging from the command line
• Solid networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, VPNs, and server room or datacenter layouts
• Experience with distributed systems
• Strong coding skills in Python, C++, or Rust
• Experience with automation and configuration management (e.g. Ansible, Terraform) and CI/CD
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana) and debugging production issues
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Willingness to work onsite in San Jose or Taiwan and travel to manufacturing partners as needed

Nice to have

• Bare-metal server fleets, lab or datacenter automation, or HPC clusters (e.g. PXE, Slurm)
• Server management interfaces such as BMC, IPMI, or Redfish
• Manufacturing test infrastructure, test automation platforms, or factory software (MES, SFIS)
• Data pipelines for test results, yield analysis, or hardware genealogy
• AI servers, GPU or accelerator systems, or other high-performance compute platforms
• Working with contract manufacturers; Mandarin is a plus for Taiwan-based candidates
• Bringing first-generation hardware into production at a fast-paced startup

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages including generous equity packages
• Comprehensive insurance coverage and other top-of-market benefits

About the company

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence by co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing. The company is a fully in-person team in San Jose and Taipei.