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About Etched Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history. Job Summary Etched is seeking a Manufacturing Design Program Manager to drive technical manufacturing readiness across new product introduction and mass production for our transformer-specific AI systems. This highly cross-functional individual contributor role sits at the intersection of design engineering, test engineering, SMT, FATP, supply chain, and operations. You will lead manufacturing execution from early design-for-manufacturing (DFM) reviews through production ramp, ensuring products are designed for manufacturability and successfully transitioned into high-volume production. Key Responsibilities - Drive manufacturing technical readiness across NPI and mass production in close partnership with hardware design, test engineering, SMT engineering, FATP process engineering, supply chain, and operations teams. - Lead DFM reviews across L6, L10, and L11 assemblies, identifying manufacturability risks, integration challenges, and process constraints early in the product development cycle. - Own manufacturing readiness for assigned programs, tracking build readiness, factory execution, process capability, yield, schedule, and key manufacturing risks. - Coordinate cross-functional execution across prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT, and production builds, ensuring manufacturing deliverables remain on schedule. - Partner with contract manufacturers and supply chain teams to develop production plans, line bring-up schedules, tooling readiness, and factory ramp strategies. - Drive issue resolution during engineering and production builds through structured root cause analysis and cross-functional coordination. - Monitor manufacturing KPIs including yield, cycle time, quality, and factory readiness while driving continuous improvement initiatives. - Prepare and communicate manufacturing status, risks, mitigation plans, and execution updates to engineering leadership and executive stakeholders. - Partner closely with design engineering to ensure manufacturing considerations are incorporated throughout the product development lifecycle. - Travel to domestic and international manufacturing partners as needed to support production readiness and critical builds. You may be a good fit if you have (Must-have qualifications) - 7+ years of experience in hardware engineering, with experience transitioning into Technical Program Management, Design Program Management, or Manufacturing Program Management. - Strong preference for candidates with a background in mechanical, electrical, systems, or manufacturing engineering who have led cross-functional hardware programs through NPI and production. - Experience managing manufacturing readiness for complex electromechanical systems or high-performance compute hardware. - Strong understanding of manufacturing development phases including EVT, DVT, PVT, and production ramp. - Experience leading DFM reviews and partnering closely with hardware engineering throughout product development. - Experience working directly with contract manufacturers, FATP partners, or ODM/OEM manufacturing operations. - Excellent cross-functional program management skills with the ability to coordinate engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and operations teams. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience driving manufacturing issue resolution. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presenting program status, risks, and tradeoffs to senior leadership. - Willingness to work in-person from our San Jo