General Application

Responsibilities

• Identify and pursue high-impact projects aligned with Etched's mission
• Contribute across engineering and research without rigid role boundaries

Requirements

• Unconventional thinker with a builder and problem-solver mindset
• Clear vision for creating outsized impact at Etched
• Enthusiasm for AI hardware and model-specific infrastructure
• Willingness to work fully in-person in San Jose

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage with generous premiums
• $500/month credit for waiving medical benefits
• $2,000/month housing subsidy for living near the office
• Relocation support to San Jose (Santana Row)
• Fitness, mental health, and wellness benefits
• Daily lunch and dinner provided in-office
• Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification

About the Company

Etched builds hardware for frontier intelligence, co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency for AI inference. The company believes in the Bitter Lesson—that AI progress comes from more FLOPs via model-specific hardware—and is backed by top-tier investors with teams in San Jose and Taipei.