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Etched is building custom hardware for frontier AI inference, co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to optimize throughput and latency. The company is backed by hundreds of millions in funding and staffed by leading engineers.
As Thermal Lab Lead, you will oversee day-to-day operations of a world-class thermal testing laboratory supporting the validation of high-performance data center products. You will be the central point of coordination between thermal engineering teams, lab operations, and technicians, ensuring rigorous testing and validation of cutting-edge thermal designs.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead thermal lab operations, managing test benches, equipment, and consumables inventory
- Develop test plans and procedures in partnership with thermal engineering teams
- Own complete test lifecycle: setup, instrumentation, execution, data-quality review, and reporting against acceptance criteria
- Develop and maintain automation tools for test execution, data acquisition, and analysis
- Coordinate testing requests across multiple teams, establish priorities, and forecast capacity and staffing needs
- Manage and mentor thermal technicians, assign activities, provide technical guidance, and review work
- Maintain lab procedures and coordinate equipment maintenance, calibration, and safe operating practices
- Partner with lab operations on future lab capabilities and infrastructure planning
- Oversee installation, integration, and commissioning of primary and secondary cooling loops
- Assemble thermal test vehicles, including PCB wiring and soldering
- Commission CDUs and liquid-cooled racks
- Support design and buildout of thermal labs in Taiwan
This role requires high hands-on ownership, meticulous attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills to support rapid growth.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Relevant technical education (associate's degree, technical diploma, or bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology, mechatronics, instrumentation, or related field) or equivalent hands-on experience
- Hands-on experience testing single-phase liquid-cooled assemblies (cold plates, manifolds, quick disconnects, CDUs)
- Experience selecting, installing, and troubleshooting instrumentation (flowmeters, thermocouples, pressure transducers) and operating chillers and liquid-cooling test equipment
- Demonstrated ability to independently build and troubleshoot test setups, assess measurement quality, and document reliable results
- Working knowledge of heat transfer and fluid flow sufficient to interpret test results and troubleshoot thermal-fluid systems
- Experience developing, debugging, and validating test automation and data-analysis workflows
- Experience coordinating competing testing priorities and providing technical direction to technicians
- Excellent organizational and documentation skills
