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Forward Deployed Systems Engineer

Etched · San Jose · On-site

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About Etched

Co-designed chips, racks, and software to push the pareto frontier to best-in-class throughput and interactivity. Backed by Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia.

About the role

Drive deployments with customers and internal teams to identify risks and establish success criteria Debug and resolve system-level issues across hardware, firmware, drivers, Linux OS, and networking stacks Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
  • Experience supporting datacenter customers in systems, networking, AI infrastructure, or field engineering roles
  • Deep experience with Linux/Unix installation, configuration, debugging, and performance tuning
  • Strong networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, RDMA, and low-latency Ethernet
  • Hands-on experience with high-speed networking such as 100GbE / 400GbE
  • Strong ability to diagnose performance and integration issues across hardware + OS + networking layers
More about this role

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.

Job Summary

As a Forward Deployed Systems Engineer (Datacenter) , you will work hands-on in large-scale datacenter environments to bring up, validate, and debug Etched accelerator-based systems. You’ll own customer deployment execution end-to-end, solve complex hardware/software/networking issues under real-world constraints, and build the tooling and processes that make deployments scalable and repeatable.

Drive deployments with customers and internal teams to identify risks and establish success criteria

Debug and resolve system-level issues across hardware, firmware, drivers, Linux OS, and networking stacks

Perform root-cause analysis on field issues and partner with internal engineering teams to reproduce issues and ship fixes

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