Support hardware development and validation efforts as a hands-on Lab Technician at a cutting-edge AI startup.
Posted by employer 1 month ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 day ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago
What you'll build
- Prepare mechanical set-ups, test benches, fixtures, and lab environments
- Collect, record, and validate system health data
- Monitor equipment performance and troubleshoot issues
- Organize and maintain lab logs, test databases, and results reports
- Enforce lab safety procedures and compliance standards
Must have
- Experience preparing test benches and hardware fixtures across multiple concurrent projects
- Strong data collection and documentation habits
- Comfort organizing and maintaining lab logs, databases, and test reports
Nice to have
- Familiarity with lab safety compliance and managing equipment maintenance, inventory, and calibration schedules
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, seniority, years of experience, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Lab Technician at Etched plays a crucial role in supporting hardware development by building, integrating, and debugging prototype servers and racks. This position requires hands-on experience with test benches and a strong focus on data collection and documentation to ensure system integrity across multiple projects. Ideal candidates will have a background in hardware testing and a meticulous approach to maintaining accurate records. Etched emphasizes a collaborative environment where engineering and research intersect, fostering a culture of innovation.
Joblaze insights
- Listed yesterday — first seen on Joblaze September 21, 2026. Last confirmed on Etched's careers page September 21, 2026.
Quick facts
- Is the Lab Technician (Contractor) role remote?
- No — this is an on-site role in San Jose, United States.
- Where is the role based?
- Etched is hiring for this position in San Jose, United States.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Contract for this Lab Technician (Contractor) role at Etched.
From the original posting
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, fixtures, and lab environments to support platform validation, inference kernal development, firmware engineering and more across multiple concurrent projects
Collect, record, and validate system health data, maintaining accurate and traceable documentation for analysis and quality assurance
Monitor equipment performance, identifying anomalies and troubleshooting issues to maintain system integrity and minimize downtime
Organize and maintain lab logs, test databases, and results reports, communicating findings clearly to hardware engineers and project teams
Enforce lab safety procedures and compliance standards while managing equipment maintenance, inventory, and calibration schedules
Must-Have Qualifications
Experience preparing test benches and hardware fixtures across multiple concurrent projects
Strong data collection and documentation habits — accurate, traceable records are second nature to you
Comfort organizing and maintaining lab logs, databases, and test reports for a cross-functional engineering audience
Nice-to-Have Qualifications
Familiarity with lab safety compliance and managing equipment maintenance, inventory, and calibration schedules
Benefits
• Daily lunch and dinner in our office
How we’re different
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 and Taipei, and greatly value engineering skills. We do not have boundaries between engineering and research, and we expect all of our technical staff to contribute to both as needed.