Head of Supercomputing

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.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the technical vision and roadmap for Etched’s Supercomputing software stack
• Build, scale, and lead a high-performance Supercomputing organization
• Directly manage and develop 15+ engineers
• Architect and own low-level control-plane software for system bring-up, provisioning, networking, and fleet management
• Define orchestration primitives for managing devices, nodes, racks, and full cluster deployments
• Oversee development of system services that interface with firmware, drivers, kernel subsystems, and runtime layers
• Establish system telemetry and observability infrastructure
• Own the system software lifecycle from first silicon bring-up through stable production releases
• Collaborate with manufacturing and test engineering to integrate diagnostics
• Define reliability targets, operational metrics, and release processes
• Recruit, mentor, and retain exceptional systems engineers

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in system software, infrastructure, or large-scale compute systems
• 5+ years leading engineering teams
• Strong understanding of hardware/software interfaces (PCIe, RDMA, memory hierarchies, interrupts, device drivers)
• Experience building or operating cluster-scale systems (HPC, AI infrastructure, hyperscale compute, or custom accelerators)
• Proven track record of delivering complex systems from early bring-up through production
• Strong debugging skills across hardware–software interactions
• Excellent leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
• $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
• Housing subsidy of $2k per month for those living within walking distance of the office
• Relocation support for those moving to San Jose
• Various wellness benefits covering fitness and mental health
• Daily lunch and dinner in the office
• Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification