Etched
Production Line Supervisor
San Jose
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About the role
- It will take our server racks from new product introduction (NPI) into high-volume manufacturing.
- As Production Line Supervisor, you'll be the person who makes that line run.
- The way you staff, train, run, and recover this line will become the playbook for every Etched manufacturing site that follows.
Responsibilities
- Recruit, hire, and develop the line's founding team of assembly technicians and production test operators
- Build a culture of safety, quality, and ownership on the floor
- Own every shift's results: schedule and assign the team, execute work orders, and deliver builds on time and to spec
- Partner with receiving and inventory to keep material flowing to the line, and head off shortages before they stop work
- Own day-to-day use of our inventory management, manufacturing execution, and test software, and keep the data in them accurate
- Partner with our engineers and test development team to root-cause process issues, test failures, and escapes, and drive fixes to closure
- Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
Requirements
- Excitement to build a career in AI hardware (no prior tech experience required)
Nice to have
- Train operators on the SOPs our production team provides, set clear standards, and hold the team to them
- Work across the company
- Be the line's voice in daily coordination with production, inventory, lab operations, and engineering
- Give leadership a clear, honest read on line status, risks, and what the team needs to hit plan
- Turn lessons from the floor into better SOPs, processes, and training
- What Success Looks Like
- The line is fully staffed, trained, and running predictable, on-time shifts
- Material problems get caught before they stop the line
Compensation
- $100,000 - $120,000, plus equity
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
- $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
- Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
- $100,000 - $120,000, plus equity
Company info
- We are the first inference-focused frontier AI system, betting early on transformer and transformer-like architectures and on increasing model sizes.
- We are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and greatly value engineering skills.
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