Forward Deployment Engineer
- Salary
- $208,000 - $300,000 / year
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- On-site · San Jose
Not stated in the posting: visa.
Open. First seen 23 October 2026.
About the role
Etched, Inc. seeks a Forward Deployment Engineer in San Jose, CA. Job Duties: Lead end-to-end deployment of accelerator-based systems in large-scale datacenter environments, including installation, bring-up, validation, and customer acceptance; Diagnose and resolve complex system-level issues across hardware, firmware, Linux OS, drivers, and high-speed networking stacks, including TCP/IP, RDMA, and 100GbE/400GbE infrastructure; Perform root-cause analysis of field failures, reproduce issues in partnership with internal engineering teams, and drive corrective actions, patches, or design improvements; Develop and maintain deployment tooling, diagnostics, telemetry, dashboards, and structured runbooks to improve system reliability, observability, and repeatability at scale; and Coordinate firmware updates, configuration changes, and hotfix rollouts with minimal downtime, while collaborating cross-functionally with hardware, software, deployment, RMA, and sustaining engineering teams. Position requires up to 30% domestic and international travel.
Position requires a Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, Network Engineering, and other closely related degrees, and 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupations. Must have 3 years of experience in the following skills: Proficiency in schematic review, PCB layout validation, and debugging of high-speed digital interfaces, including PCIe, SerDes, and memory subsystems; Working with Linux-based systems for bring-up, validation, and debugging, and documenting findings through validation reports and technical documentation; Programming experience in C/C++ and Python for hardware validation, and debugging workflows; and Strong knowledge of power architecture design and troubleshooting, and power distribution networks. Must have 1.25 years of experience with system bring-up, validation, and debug of datacenter-class and HPC server platforms (e.g, NVIDIA HGX / GB systems).
Salary Range: $208,000.00 - $300,000.00 / year. To apply online at https://www.etched.com/join with Ref#QC0926
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
C++ · Networking
Rare in Etched's other 103 open postings.
Standard for software engineering roles
Python
Common in software engineering postings at any company.
Compared with Etched's other open jobs.
The team: Platform HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 18 open in Platform. 4 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in January: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
PCB Design (13 of 18), Python (6 of 18), Embedded Systems (4 of 18), MATLAB (3 of 18), ANSYS (2 of 18), CATIA (2 of 18), Creo (2 of 18)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Thermal Engineer, Rack Level posted Oct 20
- Mechanical Engineer posted Oct 19
- Capital Projects - Electrical Infrastructure Engineer posted Oct 9
- EE Hardware System Engineer (TW) posted Sep 23
- PCB Layout Engineer (Taiwan) posted Sep 21
- Power Integrity Engineer posted Jul 30
- Thermal /Mechanical Hybrid Engineer posted Jun 11
- Optical Systems Engineer posted May 22
- Platform Product Reliability posted May 12
- SI/PI Engineer posted Apr 30
- Power Validation Engineer posted Apr 30
- Electrical Engineering Technician posted Mar 24
- Electrical Engineer, Hardware Systems posted Mar 17
- Electrical Platform Intern posted Feb 7
- Hardware Validation Engineer posted Feb 3
- PCB Layout Engineer posted Jun 11
- Head of PCB Layout & Design Infrastructure posted Jan 31
From the team and dates on Etched's own job board.
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