Platform 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