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Salary: USD 208,000 - 300,000 / annual
Etched is seeking a Forward Deployment Engineer to lead end-to-end deployment of accelerator-based systems in large-scale datacenter environments. This role combines hands-on hardware expertise with systems-level problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead complete deployment lifecycle of accelerator systems in datacenter environments: installation, bring-up, validation, and customer acceptance
- Diagnose and resolve complex system-level issues spanning hardware, firmware, Linux OS, drivers, and high-speed networking stacks (TCP/IP, RDMA, 100GbE/400GbE)
- Perform root-cause analysis of field failures, reproduce issues in partnership with internal engineering teams, and drive corrective actions and design improvements
- Develop and maintain deployment tooling, diagnostics, telemetry, dashboards, and structured runbooks to improve system reliability, observability, and repeatability at scale
- Coordinate firmware updates, configuration changes, and hotfix rollouts with minimal downtime
- Collaborate cross-functionally with hardware, software, deployment, RMA, and sustaining engineering teams
- Travel up to 30% domestically and internationally
This is an ideal role for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of hardware and software, enjoys solving complex system-level problems in production environments, and wants to work on cutting-edge accelerator technology deployed at scale.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or closely related field
- 3+ years of experience in forward deployment, field engineering, or related roles
- 3+ years of experience with: schematic review, PCB layout validation, and debugging high-speed digital interfaces (PCIe, SerDes, memory subsystems); Linux-based system bring-up, validation, and debugging with technical documentation; C/C++ and Python programming for hardware validation and debugging workflows; power architecture design, troubleshooting, and power distribution networks
- 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)
