Hardware Lab Technician - Inference Systems

Delos; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Daily lunch and dinner

Job summary

Etched seeks a hands-on Lab Technician to support hardware development and validation. You will build, integrate, and debug prototype servers and racks, assemble boards into chassis, route power and signal cabling, and enable mechanical bring-up for engineers to begin testing.

You will own test procedures, maintain rigorous documentation standards, and ensure lab environments run smoothly across multiple concurrent projects, collaborating with lab operations and hardware engineers.

Qualifications

• Experience preparing test benches and hardware fixtures across multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong data collection and documentation habits—accurate, traceable records.
• Comfort organizing and maintaining lab logs, databases, and test reports for a cross-functional engineering audience.
• Familiarity with lab safety compliance and managing equipment maintenance, inventory, and calibration schedules.

Responsibilities

• Prepare mechanical set-ups, test benches, fixtures, and lab environments to support platform validation and hardware development.
• Collect, record, and validate system health data, maintaining accurate and traceable documentation.
• Monitor equipment performance, identify anomalies, and troubleshoot issues to maintain system integrity.
• Organize and maintain lab logs, test databases, and results reports, communicating findings to hardware engineers and project teams.
• Enforce lab safety procedures and compliance standards while managing equipment maintenance and calibration schedules.

Skills

Test benches

Data collection

Lab documentation

Safety compliance

Job description

Etched seeks a hands-on Lab Technician to support hardware development and validation. You will build, integrate, and debug prototype servers and racks, assemble boards into chassis, route power and signal cabling, and enable mechanical bring-up for engineers to begin testing.

You will own test procedures, maintain rigorous documentation standards, and ensure lab environments run smoothly across multiple concurrent projects, collaborating with lab operations and hardware engineers.