Forward Deployment Engineer
Etched · San Jose
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## Forward Deployment Engineer (San Jose, CA) **Company:** Etched, Inc. ### 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 (TCP/IP, RDMA, 100GbE/400GbE). - Perform root-cause analysis of field failures; reproduce issues with internal engineering teams; drive corrective actions, patches, or design improvements. - Develop and maintain deployment tooling, diagnostics, telemetry, dashboards, and structured runbooks to improve 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%** domestic and international travel. ### Required Qualifications - **Bachelor’s degree** (or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, Network Engineering, or a closely related field. - **3+ years** of experience in the job offered or related occupations. **Must have 3 years of experience in:** - Schematic review, PCB layout validation, and debugging high-speed digital interfaces (PCIe, SerDes, memory subsystems). - Working with Linux-based systems for bring-up, validation, and debugging; documenting findings via validation reports and technical documentation. - Programming experience in **C/C++** and **Python** for hardware validation and debugging workflows. - Strong knowledge of power architecture design and troubleshooting, including 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). ### Compensation - **Salary Range:** **$208,437.00 – $300,000.00 / year** ### Apply - Apply online: https://www.etched.com/join - Reference: **Ref#QC0926**
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