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Silicon Operations Program Manager

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

Develop and maintain end-to-end production schedules for silicon wafers, interposers, and test/assembly, supporting phases from engineering builds to mass production. Coordinate with foundries, OSATs (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test providers), and internal stakeholders to ensure production milestones and quality goals are met.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field
  • 5+ years of experience in supply chain management, production planning, or operations within the semiconductor industry
  • Deep understanding of the silicon lifecycle: tape-out, fabrication, packaging, test, bring-up, and validation
  • Proven track record working with foundries (TSMC, Samsung, etc.) and OSATs (ASE, Amkor, JCET, etc.)
  • Willingness to travel up to 25% for onsite supplier engagement, engineering builds, and production ramp support
  • Strong understanding of: Silicon manufacturing processes, including wafer fabrication, dicing, bumping, CoWoS packaging, and testing,
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.

Develop and maintain end-to-end production schedules for silicon wafers, interposers, and test/assembly, supporting phases from engineering builds to mass production.

Coordinate with foundries, OSATs (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Test providers), and internal stakeholders to ensure production milestones and quality goals are met.

Collaborate with test engineering teams to coordinate ATE test program development, bring-up planning, and bench validation hardware readiness.

Track and forecast capacity planning across all silicon manufacturing stages, including wafer fabrication, component procurement, assembly, and test.

Manage the procurement, delivery, and scheduling of key silicon components (e.g., wafers, interposers, substrates) to ensure...

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