ManufacturingEngineeringLead,SMT

About Etched Etched is building the world’s first AI inference system purpose-built for transformers - delivering over 10x higher performance and dramatically lower cost and latency than a B200. With Etched ASICs, you can build products that would be impossible with GPUs, like real-time video generation models and extremely deep & parallel chain-of-thought reasoning agents. 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 We are hiring a Manufacturing Engineering Lead, SMT, to drive fabrication excellence across complex, high-performance hardware systems. In this role, you will operate at the intersection of PCBA design and fabrication, ensuring world-class quality, yield, reliability, and scalability. You will collaborate closely with electrical engineers, PCBA layout designers, and fabrication partners to influence designs from early architecture through mass production. This role requires deep technical expertise in multilayer PCBA fabrication processes, strong cross-functional leadership, and rigorous execution to ensure manufacturability and long-term platform success. Key Responsibilities - Drive PCBA DFM for high-speed multilayer boards - Partner with EE and layout teams to ensure manufacturability, yield optimization, and cost efficiency early in the design cycle - Develop and enforce PCBA design guidelines aligned with supplier process capabilities - Collaborate with PCB DFM team to review and optimize stack-ups, material selection, controlled impedance structures, via strategies (blind/buried/microvia), copper balancing, and panelization - Lead SMT process development and qualification at contract manufacturer (CM) - Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance fabrication yield, reliability, and cost structure - Lead failure analysis (FA) for fabrication-related defects and implement corrective actions You m