Test Technical Program Manager - 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 Test Technical Program Manager to drive manufacturing test strategy and execution 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 hardware engineering, test engineering, manufacturing engineering, firmware, software, supply chain, and operations.

You will own the program management of manufacturing test development—from early architecture and test strategy through factory deployment, production ramp, and yield optimization—ensuring every system ships with robust, scalable, and high-quality manufacturing test coverage.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end execution of manufacturing test programs across prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT, and mass production builds.
• Partner with hardware, firmware, software, systems, validation, and manufacturing engineering teams to define manufacturing test strategy, milestones, and deliverables.
• Coordinate development and deployment of board-level, subsystem, and system-level manufacturing test solutions across L6, L10, and L11 assemblies.
• Drive cross-functional execution to ensure manufacturing test hardware, software, fixtures, automation, and infrastructure are ready to support production milestones.
• Partner with contract manufacturers and FATP partners to deploy, validate, and scale manufacturing test processes globally.
• Track manufacturing test readiness, station bring-up, throughput, capacity, coverage, and factory deployment status for assigned programs.
• Lead cross-functional resolution of manufacturing test issues during engineering and production builds through structured root cause analysis and execution tracking.
• Drive manufacturing test yield improvements, failure analysis, retest reduction, and continuous optimization of factory test processes.
• Prepare and communicate manufacturing test status, risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans to engineering leadership and executive stakeholders.
• Travel to domestic and international manufacturing partners to support production readiness, factory bring-up, and critical builds.

You may be a good fit if you have (Must-have

qualifications

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• 7+ years of experience in hardware test engineering, with experience transitioning into a Technical Program Management role.