Failure Analysis Engineer, Electrical Engineering

Failure Analysis Engineer, Electrical Engineering About Etched Etched is building the world’s first AI inference system purpose-built for transformers - delivering over 10x higher performance and dramatically lower cost and latency than a B200. With Etched ASICs, you can build products that would be impossible with GPUs, like real-time video generation models and extremely deep & parallel chain-of-thought reasoning agents. 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 Etched is hiring a Failure Analysis Engineer to own the end-to-end debug process across our full hardware stack: chip, board, and rack-scale systems. You will be responsible for rapidly diagnosing, triaging, and resolving hardware failures; determining whether issues originate in the chip, board, or rack infrastructure; and driving resolution with the appropriate team. This is a highly cross-functional role, working closely with US-based hardware and silicon teams to build and refine debug playbooks as production scales. The ideal candidate has deep EE fundamentals, systems-level debugging experience, and the ability to solve hard problems under pressure. Key responsibilities - Own failure triage across the stack. Receive field and production failures, isolate whether the root cause is chip, board-level, or system/rack-level, and route to the appropriate team with a clear problem statement. - Drive root cause analysis using electrical test equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters) and system-level diagnostics to identify failure mechanisms and determine corrective actions. - Build and refine debug processes. Partner with US hardware counterparts to document debug flows for different failure modes, creating repeatable playbooks that scale with production volume. - Debug rack-level issues. Troubleshoot communication failures between rack managers, CDUs, and system components. Understand how thermal, power, and network infrastructure interact at the rack scale. - Interface with BMC and system firmware. Use Linux command line and BMC interfaces to pull logs, run diagnostics, and validate system health during failure investigations. - Close the loop on quality. Feed failure trends and root cause findings back to design, manufacturing, and operations teams to drive systemic improvements. You May Be a Good Fit If You Have - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field. - Fluency in oscilloscopes, signal integrity basics, power delivery, and board-level debug. - Systems-level thinking. Strong understanding of how servers work end-to-end: BMC, BIOS, OS, thermals, and power sequencing. Can debug issues that span multiple subsystems. - Linux command line proficiency. Comfortable with CI pulling logs, running scripts, and navigating server environments from the terminal. - Strong communication skills across teams. You can translate a complex hardware failure into a clear problem statement for silicon, firmware, or mechanical teams. You've worked across time zones and functions. - Composure under pressure. Production failures don't wait. You're energized by urgent, ambiguous problems and take ownership until they're resolved. - 3+ years of experience in hardware debug, failure analysis, or systems engineering in a server, datacenter, or semiconductor environment. Nice to Haves - Rack-scale infrastructure (cooling systems, power distribution, rack managers) - High-speed interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes) and their common failure modes - ATE or production test environments - Experience with Datacenters, GPUs, FPGAs, or custom ASICs - We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Benefits - Competitive compensation packages, including generous equity packages - Comprehensive insurance coverage and other top-of-market b ... (truncated, view full listing at source)