Design Engineer, Factory Acceleration at Etched

The role

Etched is seeking a Test Design Engineer to lead the end-to-end testing strategy for frontier AI hardware systems. You will join a central team responsible for making testing reliable and scalable from silicon bring-up through full rack production.

What you'll do

• Define the overall test strategy and coverage map across silicon and rack levels
• Design test systems and frameworks to be used in both labs and factories
• Review domain test plans to eliminate gaps and balance coverage with test time
• Build regression gating to validate firmware and driver changes before shipping
• Establish pass/fail criteria and diagnostic procedures for production environments
• Lead technical triage for complex failures across hardware and software layers

What you'll bring

• Experience owning test strategy for a hardware product from bring-up to production
• Hands-on expertise in firmware, board-level, and system-level testing
• Background in designing regression gating or CI for hardware products
• Strong debugging skills across hardware and software using logs and lab tools
• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience

Your impact

This role will establish the foundational test infrastructure necessary to bring Etched’s high-performance inference hardware to market. By unifying testing across domain teams and ensuring rigorous validation, the engineer will directly enable the reliable delivery of best-in-class AI throughput and latency.