Etched

Our Internal Acceleration team is seeking a Research Engineer to build agents that accelerate the production of frontier tokens. You will collaborate directly with founders and embed with the production team to develop new agentic harnesses and operating systems, transforming hardware development in an AI-native world. This role involves working on harnesses, tool use, context, memory, execution environments, and evaluation frameworks to enable agents to perform long-running, useful engineering tasks. We are looking for individuals who thrive in ambiguous environments, possess strong product sense, and are eager to own problems end-to-end, viewing this as an opportunity to shape future ventures. The work is time-sensitive and business-critical, demanding dedication beyond a standard 9-5 schedule.

$150k - $400k

Our Internal Acceleration team is building agents to speed up the production of frontier tokens. You will collaborate directly with founders and embed with our special projects team to develop new agentic harnesses and operating systems, fundamentally changing how hardware is built in an AI-native world. Your success will be measured by the acceleration of Etched's progress, not just lines of code. This role is ideal for engineers who excel in ambiguous environments, possess strong product intuition, and are eager to own problems from inception to completion. It's a dynamic, time-sensitive, and business-critical position that requires dedication beyond a standard 9-5.

$150k - $400k

Our Internal Acceleration team is building agents to accelerate the production of frontier tokens. You will work directly with founders and embed with our production team to create new agentic harnesses and operating systems, transforming hardware development in an AI-native world. Success is measured by how much faster the company moves, not just lines of code. This role is for engineers who thrive on ambiguity, possess strong product sense, and want to own problems end-to-end, acting as a launchpad for future founders. The problems are time-sensitive and business-critical, and the role demands dedication beyond a typical 9-5.

$150k - $400k

Our Internal Acceleration team is building agents to accelerate the production of frontier tokens. You will work directly with founders and embed with our kernels team to develop new agentic harnesses and operating systems, transforming hardware development in an AI-native world. This role focuses on harnesses, tool use, context, memory, execution environments, and evaluations that enable agents to perform long-running, useful engineering work. We seek engineers who thrive in ambiguity, possess strong product sense, and are eager to own problems end-to-end, understanding that this is a time-sensitive and business-critical role that may not adhere to a 9-5 schedule.

$150k - $400k

Our Internal Acceleration team is building agents to accelerate the production of frontier tokens. You will work directly with founders and embed with our kernels team to create new agentic harnesses and operating systems, transforming hardware development in an AI-native world. Your success will be measured by the speed of Etched's progress, not just lines of code. This role is ideal for engineers who excel in ambiguity, possess strong product sense, and want end-to-end ownership of critical, time-sensitive problems. This is not a 9-5 role, and we seek candidates excited by that challenge.

$150k - $400k

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence, focusing on co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency for inference workloads. Backed by significant investment and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the AI industry. We are seeking a Power Validation Engineer to take ownership of the end-to-end power characterization of our ASIC and mezzanine card platform, from initial silicon bring-up through production qualification. This role involves designing measurement methodologies, building test benches, and directly influencing silicon, package, and system design decisions based on findings.

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence, focusing on co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency for inference workloads. Backed by significant investment and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the AI industry. This role involves developing performance models, analyzing deep learning workloads on hardware, driving hardware/software co-optimization, and validating performance projections against real systems.

$175k - $370k

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence, focusing on inference. We are seeking a Design Verification Engineer to join our Internal IP DV team. You will be responsible for ensuring the custom IPs powering our chips, including systolic arrays, DMA engines, and NoCs, are robust, high-performance, and silicon-ready. This role requires creativity, deep technical ability, and the drive to tackle complex verification challenges. You will collaborate with architects, RTL designers, and SW/FW/emulation teams to validate correctness and performance across the full hardware-software stack.

$150k - $350k

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence, focusing on inference. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency. Backed by significant investment and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest-growing industry. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining kernel-mode drivers to ensure high reliability, informative debugging, and optimal performance for demanding AI workloads, with a focus on minimizing latency and maximizing throughput. You will collaborate closely with hardware engineers throughout the ASIC design process and implement driver support for device virtualization technologies.

$150k - $350k

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence, focusing on inference. We are seeking talented interns to contribute to the design of next-generation AI accelerators. This role involves developing and optimizing compute architectures for exceptional performance and efficiency in inference workloads, tackling cutting-edge architectural problems and performance modeling.

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence, focusing on inference. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency. Backed by significant investment and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest-growing industry. We are a fully in-person team in San Jose, valuing engineering skills and expecting technical staff to contribute across disciplines, blurring the lines between engineering and research.

$175k - $400k

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence, focusing on inference. We are seeking a Design Verification Engineer to join our Internal IP DV team. You will be responsible for ensuring the custom IPs powering our chips, including systolic arrays, DMA engines, and NoCs, are robust, high-performance, and silicon-ready. This role requires creativity, deep technical ability, and the drive to tackle complex verification challenges. You will collaborate with architects, RTL designers, and SW/FW/emulation teams to validate correctness and performance across the full hardware-software stack.

$150k - $350k