$200,000–$300,000
Forward Deployment Engineer
Posted by Etched · open on Ashby as of
$208,437–$300,000San Jose, CAOn-siteFull-time
Leads end-to-end deployment and customer acceptance of accelerator systems in large datacenters, handling system bring-up, field debugging, and corrective actions across hardware and software layers.
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$208K–$300KAbove the median
Midpoint $254K · median $190K
Median $190K
This job$208K–$300KSenior FDE postings1,864 postings · middle 50% of posted pay$160K–$220KThe work
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- Pre-sales (not covered)
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Travel Up to 30%
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- External customers
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- Senior
- Role
- Technical lead
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Etched, Inc. seeks a Forward Deployment Engineer in San Jose, CA. Job Duties: Lead end-to-end deployment of accelerator-based systems in large-scale datacenter environments, including installation, bring-up, validation, and customer acceptance; Diagnose and resolve complex system-level issues across hardware, firmware, Linux OS, drivers, and high-speed networking stacks, including TCP/IP, RDMA, and 100GbE/400GbE infrastructure; Perform root-cause analysis of field failures, reproduce issues in partnership with internal engineering teams, and drive corrective actions, patches, or design improvements; Develop and maintain deployment tooling, diagnostics, telemetry, dashboards, and structured runbooks to improve system reliability, observability, and repeatability at scale; and Coordinate firmware updates, configuration changes, and hotfix rollouts with minimal downtime, while collaborating cross-functionally with hardware, software, deployment, RMA, and sustaining engineering teams. Position requires up to 30% domestic and international travel.
Position requires a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, Network Engineering, and other closely related degrees, and 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupations. Must have 3 years of experience in the following skills: Proficiency in schematic review, PCB layout validation, and debugging of high-speed digital interfaces, including PCIe, SerDes, and memory subsystems; Working with Linux-based systems for bring-up, validation, and debugging, and documenting findings through validation reports and technical documentation; Programming experience in C/C++ and Python for hardware validation, and debugging workflows; and Strong knowledge of power architecture design and troubleshooting, and power distribution networks. Must have 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).
Salary Range: $208,437.00 - $300,000.00 / year. To apply online at https://www.etched.com/join with Ref#QC0926
About Etched
Purpose-built transformer ASICs for inference; 10x performance vs B200 at lower cost. Sohu targets hyperscalers' trillion-parameter deployments.
Series B · 100–200 people
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