Senior Manufacturing Software Engineer

• Etched is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Software Engineer to build the software platform that powers manufacturing test across new product introduction and mass production for our frontier AI systems
• This is a software engineering role embedded within Manufacturing Test Engineering, working closely with hardware, firmware, software, quality, and factory operations. You’ll build the backend services, APIs, data pipelines, release infrastructure, and test station software that enable scalable, automated manufacturing across our global factory network. Your work will help ensure every Etched system can be built, tested, and deployed with speed, quality, and traceability
• Design and build backend services, APIs, and data pipelines that support manufacturing test and factory operations
• Own software for manufacturing release management, deployment, versioning, and traceability across production environments
• Develop scalable manufacturing data platforms for test results, yield analysis, genealogy, and production reporting
• Build reusable manufacturing test station applications, operator interfaces, and automation frameworks
• Integrate manufacturing software with MES, SFIS, and other factory systems used by contract manufacturers
• Partner with Manufacturing Test, Hardware, Firmware, Software, Quality, and NPI teams to support product development through production ramp
• Productionize prototype engineering tools into reliable, production-ready manufacturing software
• Travel to domestic and international manufacturing partners to support factory bring-up and production deployments

Benefits

• Competitive Salary and Equity - We offer a competitive salary and equity package that aligns with industry standards
• Benefits - Your wellbeing is important to us. We offer unlimited PTO, life insurance, and a 401(k)
• Full Insurance Coverage - Our insurance includes full medical, dental, and vision with 100% of premium covered

• Experience developing internal applications, dashboards, or operator-facing software
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong Python development experience (or equivalent expertise in Go, Java, C#, or TypeScript with Python proficiency)
• 6+ years of experience building production software, backend services, or data platforms
• Experience designing scalable APIs, databases, data models, and distributed systems
• Experience integrating software with external systems and building reliable production services
• Comfortable owning technical architecture and building greenfield software platforms
• Willingness to work onsite from our San Jose office and travel internationally to manufacturing partners as needed
• Strong software engineering fundamentals including testing, CI/CD, version control, code review, debugging, and production monitoring
• Manufacturing software, factory automation, MES, SFIS, or production operations
• Manufacturing test software, hardware validation, or automated test infrastructure
• Firmware release tooling or embedded software development
• AI servers, accelerator systems, networking hardware, storage systems, or other high-performance compute platforms
• Yield analysis, manufacturing analytics, traceability, or genealogy systems
• Supporting first-generation hardware products through manufacturing scale-up in a fast-paced startup environment