Senior Manufacturing Software Engineer at Etched

Department: Production

Compensation

$175,000 – $225,000/yr

Setup: On-site
Location: San Jose, California
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Aug 3, 2026

Description

Etched is hiring a Senior Manufacturing Software Engineer to build the software platform powering manufacturing test for new product introduction and mass production of frontier AI systems. The role focuses on backend services, APIs, data pipelines, release infrastructure, test station software, production reporting, and integration with MES, SFIS, and other factory systems. The engineer will partner with hardware, firmware, software, quality, and NPI teams, productionize prototype tools, and travel to domestic and international manufacturing partners. The position is onsite in San Jose, California, with international travel as needed.

Required Skills

Python
Backend services
Data pipelines
Scalable APIs
Distributed systems
CI/CD
MES
SFIS

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
Required Previous Experiences: 6+ years of experience building production software, backend services, or data platforms
Experience designing scalable APIs, databases, data models, and distributed systems
Experience integrating software with external systems and building reliable production services
Experience developing internal applications, dashboards, or operator-facing software
Preferred Qualifications: Manufacturing software, factory automation, MES, SFIS, or production operations
Manufacturing test software, hardware validation, or automated test infrastructure
Yield analysis, manufacturing analytics, traceability, or genealogy systems
Firmware release tooling or embedded software development
AI servers, accelerator systems, networking hardware, storage systems, or other high-performance compute platforms
Supporting first-generation hardware products through manufacturing scale-up in a fast-paced startup environment

About Etched

Etched

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Etched is building a new category of AI hardware: frontier inference clusters, co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing methods for frontier models. Etched says it has co-designed with leading AI companies, cloud providers, and hyperscalers, and tested racks in representative data center deployments. The company says its first racks ship this summer and production has started to fulfill over $1B in customer contracts.

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