Etched
Senior Manufacturing Software Engineer
$175K–$330K
San Jose · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 3, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Builds backend services, data platforms, release infrastructure, and test-station software for manufacturing and production of Etched AI systems.
What you'll do
- Develop backend services, APIs, data pipelines, and manufacturing test applications.
- Own production software release management, deployment, versioning, and traceability; integrate with factory systems.
- Support product development through production ramp, including factory bring-up and deployments at manufacturing partners.
What they ask for
- 6+ years building production software, backend services, or data platforms.
- Strong Python experience, or equivalent expertise in Go, Java, C#, or TypeScript with Python proficiency.
- Experience with software engineering fundamentals, scalable APIs, databases, data models, distributed systems, and reliable production integrations.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience; willingness to work onsite in San Jose and travel internationally as needed.
Nice to have
- Experience with manufacturing software, factory automation, MES, SFIS, manufacturing test, or automated test infrastructure.
- Experience with manufacturing analytics, firmware release tooling, embedded software, or high-performance compute platforms.
Pay
$175K – $330K USD base salary
Tools
Python, Go, Java, C#, TypeScript, MES, SFIS
AI focus
Supports manufacturing test and production software for frontier AI systems focused on inference.
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