Electricals Materials Handler (Inventory)

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.

The Electricals Materials Handler owns the lifecycle of every electrical component that goes onto an Etched module: from receiving, through storage, inspection and kitting, to consumption on our in-house SMT line and at our contract manufacturers (CMs). You'll sit on the Inventory team and be the source of truth for board electricals: what we have, where it is, what condition it is in, and what is about to run out.

This hire will run clean consignment with CMs.Success looks like: Etched-owned material at CM sites is counted, reconciled and traceable, so builds don't stall on a missing reel and variances get closed.Board materials are accounted fully: moisture-sensitive parts are handled correctly, kits match the released BOM with no shortages or substitutions, and scrap and write-offs trend toward zero. The data you produce lets Procurement buy against real on-hand, consumed and in-transit numbers instead of estimates.

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• 2+ years handling electronic components in a manufacturing, EMS/CM, or hardware-startup environment.

• Working knowledge of ESD control (ANSI/ESD S20.20) and moisture-sensitivity handling (IPC/JEDEC J-STD-033).

• Able to read a BOM, a PCB assembly drawing and a component datasheet, and spot when a delivered part does not match them.

• Hands-on experience with an ERP or inventory system (NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, or similar) for receiving, transfers and cycle counts.

• Comfortable in spreadsheets: lookups, pivots

• Experience working with contract manufacturers on consigned or customer-furnished material.

• Organized under pressure: prototype builds change daily and the kit still has to be right.

• Clear written communication; organization of your thoughts and process not just for yourself but for others to work with.

• Passionate about automating parts of the job with agentic AI models, and willing to learn about this on the job.

• Ownership mentality: accountable to the outcome, and do whatever it takes to get to the goal.

• IPC-A-610 or IPC-7711/7721 certification, or SMT line experience.

• Experience setting up consignment or vendor-managed inventory programs from scratch.

• Familiarity with counterfeit-avoidance practices (AS6081 / AS5553) and authorized-distributor sourcing.

• Exposure to datacenter hardware: accelerator cards, server base boards, high-power or high-speed interconnect components.

• Forklift or pallet-jack certification.

Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson. We are the first inference-focused frontier AI system, betting early on transformer and transformer-like architectures and on increasing model sizes. Our addressable market is the entirety of inference, unlike many of our competitors.

We are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and the SMT line and material storage are located in nearby Milpitas; this role splits time between the two sites. The role involves lifting up to 50 lb, standing for extended periods and working in an ESD-controlled area, with occasional travel to CM sites. We do not have boundaries between teams, and we expect everyone to work across disciplines as needed.

As set forth in Etched's Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.