Contract Manufacturing Manager

About the Company

Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Etched’s contract manufacturing strategy across L6, L10, and L11
• Identify, evaluate, select, and onboard global CM, ODM, JDM, and EMS partners
• Own executive-level supplier relationships, business reviews, escalations, and long-term partnership planning
• Lead contract manufacturing capacity planning
• Negotiate product costing, manufacturing value add, NRE, CapEx, tooling, payment terms, warranty, and capacity commitments
• Lead contract manufacturing engagement process including RFQ/RFP, contracting, and cost negotiations
• Drive supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, flexibility, yield, capacity, and responsiveness
• Partner with engineering, manufacturing, test, and quality teams to ensure factory readiness
• Build cost models, lead should-cost analysis, and drive cost reduction programs
• Identify and mitigate manufacturing risks related to capacity, quality, and supply continuity
• Present supplier strategy, cost tradeoffs, and capacity plans to executive leadership

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, operations, business, or a related technical field
• 10+ years of experience in supply chain, manufacturing operations, sourcing, or contract manufacturing
• Significant experience managing contract manufacturers for complex hardware products
• Experience with PCBAs, systems, servers, networking, compute, or datacenter infrastructure
• Proven ability to negotiate complex supplier agreements and scale global manufacturing partnerships
• Strong understanding of NPI, pilot builds, production ramps, and supplier quality
• Experience building cost models and managing supplier scorecards
• Experience managing suppliers across Asia and working across global time zones

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI infrastructure, datacenter hardware, or high-performance compute systems
• Experience at a hyperscaler, OEM, semiconductor company, or high-growth hardware startup
• Deep familiarity with EMS cost structures, factory operations, and yield
• MBA or master’s degree in engineering, operations, or supply chain