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Platform Product Reliability

Etched· Platform
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San JoseFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Technical, execution-focused Platform Product Reliability Engineer to lead reliability engineering across Etched's server, rack, and datacenter platform products, owning system-level reliability from architecture through fleet deployment and coordinating across multiple engineering and operations teams.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own the end-to-end reliability strategy for AI servers, accelerator platforms, rack systems, and datacenter infrastructure, from design requirements through field deployment
  • Establish reliability requirements, qualification standards, and validation methodologies that scale across product generations
  • Build and institutionalize reliability engineering processes spanning the full product lifecycle: EVT / DVT / PVT qualification gates and exit criteria; Accelerated life testing (ALT) and accelerated stress testing (AST); Environmental testing: temperature, humidity, altitude, contamination; HALT / HASS programs for design margin and production screening; Vibration, shock, and transportation stress testing; Power cycling, thermal cycling, and long-duration soak testing
  • Lead root-cause investigations for reliability failures surfaced during development, manufacturing, and field deployment, driving corrective actions across hardware, firmware, thermal, and mechanical domains
  • Develop comprehensive system reliability models including MTBF projections, FIT rate analysis, Weibull lifetime modeling, component derating methodologies, and reliability growth tracking
  • Ensure reliability is considered early, partnering with Platform Engineering architects and design leads so reliability requirements shape decisions before they become expensive to change
  • Work closely with ODMs, JDMs, contract manufacturers, and component suppliers to validate and enforce long-term platform reliability commitments
  • Build fleet reliability infrastructure: telemetry analysis pipelines, field feedback loops, and monitoring frameworks that give Etched visibility into deployed system health at scale
  • Drive reliability signoff criteria and lead product release readiness reviews across engineering and program teams
  • Build and lead a high-performing product reliability engineering organization — hiring, developing, and retaining technical talent as the company scales

Qualifications

  • BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Reliability Engineering, or a related technical field
  • 5+ years of reliability engineering experience in hardware-centric organizations, with meaningful time spent on complex systems rather than component-level work
  • Experience leading reliability programs for one or more of: AI accelerator or GPU-class compute systems; hyperscale or cloud server infrastructure; networking platforms, storage systems, or rack-scale infrastructure
  • Deep understanding of system-level failure mechanisms — including thermal, power delivery, mechanical, and connector/interconnect failure modes — and how design decisions affect long-term field reliability
  • Hands-on experience with FMEA, Weibull analysis, HALT/HASS, qualification planning, failure analysis methodologies, and reliability statistics and modeling
  • A track record of driving cross-functional root-cause investigations in fast-moving hardware organizations where schedule pressure is real and accountability is high
  • Strong technical judgment — capable of making defensible tradeoffs between reliability targets, cost, schedule, and performance without losing sight of customer expectations
  • Excellent communication skills and the credibility to influence design decisions with engineering leads, program managers, and executive stakeholders

Skills

Required:Reliability engineeringFMEAWeibull analysis

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
  • $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
  • Housing subsidy of $2,500 per month for those living within walking distance of the office
  • Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
  • Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
  • Daily lunch and dinner in our office
  • Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
Last updated Oct 1, 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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