Forward Deployment Engineer
Required skills
- schematic review
- PCB layout validation
- high-speed digital interfaces
- PCIe
- SerDes
- memory subsystems
- Linux-based systems
- bring-up
- validation
- validation reports
Nice to have
- domestic travel
- international travel
Role summary
Etched, Inc. is seeking a Forward Deployment Engineer in San Jose, CA, to lead the end-to-end deployment of accelerator-based systems in large-scale datacenter environments. Responsibilities include installation, bring-up, validation, and customer acceptance, as well as diagnosing and resolving complex system-level issues across hardware, firmware, Linux OS, drivers, and high-speed networking. The role involves root-cause analysis of field failures, developing deployment tooling and diagnostics, and coordinating updates with minimal downtime. Requires a Bachelor's degree in a related field and 3 years of experience in schematic review, PCB layout validation, high-speed digital interfaces, Linux systems, C/C++, Python, and power architecture design. Experience with datacenter/HPC server platform bring-up and validation is also required. Up to 30% travel is expected.
Etched, Inc. seeks a Forward Deployment Engineer in San Jose, CA. Job Duties: Lead end-to-end deployment of accelerator-based systems in large-scale datacenter environments, including installation, bring-up, validation, and customer acceptance; Diagnose and resolve complex system-level issues across hardware, firmware, Linux OS, drivers, and high-speed networking stacks, including TCP/IP, RDMA, and 100GbE/400GbE infrastructure; Perform root-cause analysis of field failures, reproduce issues in partnership with internal engineering teams, and drive corrective actions, patches, or design improvements; Develop and maintain deployment tooling, diagnostics, telemetry, dashboards, and structured runbooks to improve system reliability, observability, and repeatability at scale; and Coordinate firmware updates, configuration changes, and hotfix rollouts with minimal downtime, while collaborating cross-functionally with hardware, software, deployment, RMA, and sustaining engineering teams. Position requires up to 30% domestic and international travel.Position requires a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, Network Engineering, and other closely related degrees, and 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupations. Must have 3 years of experience in the following skills: Proficiency in schematic review, PCB layout validation, and debugging of high-speed digital interfaces, including PCIe, SerDes, and memory subsystems; Working with Linux-based systems for bring-up, validation, and debugging, and documenting findings through validation reports and technical documentation; Programming experience in C/C++ and Python for hardware validation, and debugging workflows; and Strong knowledge of power architecture design and troubleshooting, and power distribution networks. Must have 1.25 years of experience with system bring-up, validation, and debug of datacenter-class and HPC server platforms (e.g, NVIDIA HGX / GB systems).Salary Range: $208,437.00 - $300,000.00 / year. To apply online at https://www.etched.com/join with Ref#QC0926
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