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Lab Technician (Contractor)

Etched·San Jose·Posted 6 August 2026

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About 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 We're looking for a hands-on Lab Technician to support our hardware development and validation efforts. As a Lab Technician, you'll build, integrate, and debug prototype servers and racks — assembling boards into chassis, routing power and signal cabling, and getting systems to mechanical bring-up so engineers can start testing. In this role, you'll also own the execution of test procedures, maintain rigorous documentation standards, and keep our lab environments running smoothly across multiple concurrent projects. You'll work closely with lab operations team and hardware engineers to ensure data integrity and help us move fast without cutting corners. Key Responsibilities - Prepare mechanical set-ups, test benches,…

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