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Firmware Engineer

Etched· Software
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AustinFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Firmware Engineer role at Etched focused on co-developing software optimized across hardware and software to enable very large AI models, spanning low-level drivers to high-level applications, with emphasis on inference and frontier AI systems.

Responsibilities

  • Co-Develop cutting-edge software optimized across hardware and software driving the full potential of very large AI models.
  • Solve challenging problems across the full stack, from low-level drivers and APIs to high-level applications and frameworks.
  • Contribute to the development of AI solutions that will revolutionize industries like natural language processing, chain of reasoning automation, generative media.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  • Experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms.
  • Experience developing and testing software on launching products.
  • Experience with firmware design, implementation, and troubleshooting.
  • Experience with embedded architectures, IO technologies (I2C, SPI, PCIe, DRAM etc.), as well as concepts like scalability, fault tolerance, and consistency.

Skills

Required:Software developmentFirmware design and troubleshootingEmbedded architectures and IO technologies

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
  • $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
  • Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
  • Daily lunch + dinner in our office
  • Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Etched is building frontier inference clusters: co-designs chips, racks, software and manufacturing to push the pareto frontier for AI hardware.

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