Chip Simulation Lead
Etched is an AI-hardware company building rack-scale frontier inference clusters.
Funding history
About Etched
Etched co-designs chips, racks, software, and manufacturing systems for efficient inference of frontier AI models, targeting throughput, latency, cost, and power efficiency across prefill and decode workloads.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will set the technical direction for chip simulation infrastructure and guide engineers through architecture, implementation, debugging, and performance optimization. You will review designs and code, mentor engineers, drive hardware-software co-design, oversee QEMU host and multi-chip integration, and guide validation, testing, and critical hands-on implementation work.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in C/C++ and low-level systems software development
- Experience leading complex technical projects and guiding engineers through design, implementation, and code reviews
- Strong understanding of computer architecture, hardware-software interfaces, and systems programming
- Experience building hardware simulators, architectural models, or complex systems software
- Ability to make architectural decisions and evaluate technical tradeoffs
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills across hardware and software boundaries
- Experience mentoring engineers and collaborating across technical disciplines
- Track record of owning complex software systems from architecture through delivery
Responsibilities
- Provide technical leadership for the chip simulation team
- Own the technical direction of simulation infrastructure
- Lead design and code reviews
- Mentor and support engineers
- Drive hardware-software co-design
- Oversee simulator integration, including QEMU-based host integration and multi-chip simulation
- Guide validation and testing strategies
- Contribute to critical implementations, debugging, and architectural prototyping
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
- $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
- Housing subsidy of $2,500 per month for employees living within walking distance of the office
- Relocation support for employees moving to San Jose
- Wellness benefits covering fitness and mental health
- Daily lunch and dinner in the office
- Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification