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Senior Manufacturing Software Engineer

Etched· Production
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San Jose$175k - $225kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Manufacturing Software Engineer to build the software platform powering manufacturing test across NPI and mass production for frontier AI systems. Embedded in Manufacturing Test Engineering, collaborates with hardware, firmware, software, quality, and factory operations to develop backend services, APIs, data pipelines, release infrastructure, and test station software for scalable, automated manufacturing across a global factory network.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build backend services, APIs, and data pipelines that support manufacturing test and factory operations.
  • Own software for manufacturing release management, deployment, versioning, and traceability across production environments.
  • Develop scalable manufacturing data platforms for test results, yield analysis, genealogy, and production reporting.
  • Build reusable manufacturing test station applications, operator interfaces, and automation frameworks.
  • Integrate manufacturing software with MES, SFIS, and other factory systems used by contract manufacturers.
  • Partner with Manufacturing Test, Hardware, Firmware, Software, Quality, and NPI teams to support product development through production ramp.
  • Productionize prototype engineering tools into reliable, production-ready manufacturing software.
  • Travel to domestic and international manufacturing partners to support factory bring-up and production deployments.

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience building production software, backend services, or data platforms.
  • Strong Python development experience (or equivalent expertise in Go, Java, C#, or TypeScript with Python proficiency).
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals including testing, CI/CD, version control, code review, debugging, and production monitoring.
  • Experience designing scalable APIs, databases, data models, and distributed systems.
  • Experience integrating software with external systems and building reliable production services.
  • Experience developing internal applications, dashboards, or operator-facing software.
  • Comfortable owning technical architecture and building greenfield software platforms.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Willingness to work onsite from our San Jose office and travel internationally to manufacturing partners as needed.

Skills

Required:PythonBackend developmentAPI designDistributed systemsCI/CD
Nice to have:Manufacturing software / MES / SFIS

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 + dinner in our office
Last updated Oct 15, 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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