Etched
Hardware Validation Engineer
About this role
Etched is seeking a Platform Validation Engineer to validate AI inference hardware and PCB functionality, ensuring robust power and signal integrity across all subsystems. You'll perform lab testing, post-silicon characterization, and cross-functional debugging to deliver reliable high-performance infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Perform system hardware and PCB functional verification to meet design specifications with validated power and signal margins
- Collect and analyze lab data to verify power delivery, signal integrity, and system robustness
- Support post-silicon validation through PVT, power, and thermal characterization
- Evaluate PCIe performance including signal integrity, eye opening measurements, and bit error rate testing
- Design and execute design-of-experiment studies to debug hardware issues and optimize performance
- Validate power sequencing, microcontroller functionality, I2C bus compliance, and thermal/noise analysis
What they're looking for
- Hardware validation and PCB-level debugging
- Power integrity and signal integrity principles
- PCIe, I2C, and common hardware interface protocols
- Lab equipment operation (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers)
- Root cause analysis and problem-solving
- Python or Matlab scripting
- Power sequencing and microcontroller systems
- Cross-functional collaboration and communication
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with $500/month credit option
- $2,000 monthly housing subsidy for local employees
- Relocation support to San Jose
- Wellness benefits including fitness and mental health
- Daily office meals
- Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
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Etched
Etched builds AI inference hardware, designing and manufacturing complex mechanical and electrical components for data center systems. The company is hiring mechanical engineers, PCB designers, hardware verification engineers, and software engineers to develop manufacturing processes, circuit boards, verification infrastructure, and internal tools across its hardware and operations.
- Website
- etched.com
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through your experience with post-silicon validation—what were the key performance metrics you characterized, and how did you approach PVT and thermal testing?
- Describe a time you debugged a complex hardware issue using lab equipment like oscilloscopes or logic analyzers. What was your root cause analysis process?