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Etched · 4 days ago

MTS - Firmware

San Jose, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$150K/yr - $275K/yr

Etched is building the world’s first AI inference system purpose-built for transformers. They are seeking a Firmware Engineer to co-develop cutting-edge software optimized for very large transformer models and contribute to revolutionary AI solutions across various industries.

AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)ComputerHardwareSemiconductor

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Co-Develop cutting-edge software optimized across hardware and software driving the full potential of very large transformer models

Solve challenging problems across the full stack, from low-level drivers and APIs to high-level applications and frameworks

Contribute to the development of AI solutions that will revolutionize industries like natural language processing, chain of reasoning automation, generative media

Qualification

Firmware designEmbedded architecturesData structures/algorithmsSoftware developmentTesting softwareCommunication skillsProblem solving

Required

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Experience in software development, and with data structures/algorithms

Experience developing and testing software on launching products

Experience with firmware design, implementation, and troubleshooting

Experience with embedded architectures, IO technologies (I2C, SPI, PCIe, DRAM etc.), as well as concepts like scalability, fault tolerance, and consistency

Preferred

Master's degree Computer Science, or a related technical field

Experience resolving customer-related issues

Experience solving ambiguous problems

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Benefits

Enjoy a competitive salary and benefits package.

Company

Etched

Building the hardware for superintelligence

Founded in 2022

Cupertino, California, USA

51-200 employees

https://www.etched.com

H1B Sponsorship

Etched has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (9)

2024 (11)

2023 (1)

Funding

Current Stage

Growth Stage

Total Funding

$625.36M

Key Investors

StripesPrimary Venture Partners

2026-01-14Series Unknown· $500M

2024-06-25Series A· $120M

2023-05-16Seed· $5.36M

Leadership Team

Chris Zhu

Co-Founder

Robert Wachen

Co-Founder and President

Recent News

SiliconANGLE

AI chip unicorns Etched.ai and Cerebras Systems get big funding boost to target Nvidia

2026-01-16

Soma Capital

Soma Capital Portfolio

2026-01-07

Google Patent

Parallel execution of self-attention-based ai models

2025-04-02

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