Hardware Test TPM for AI Systems (NPI to Production)

Delos; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Housing subsidy / relocation support

Relocation support for San Jose

Wellness benefits

Daily lunch and dinner in office

Unlimited compute budget

Job summary

Etched is seeking a Test Technical Program Manager to drive manufacturing test strategy and execution for our transformer-focused AI hardware systems. You will own the program management of test development from architecture through factory deployment, ramp, and yield optimization.

This role sits at the intersection of hardware, firmware, software, and manufacturing engineering. You will lead cross-functional teams across L6-L11 assemblies, coordinate test solutions, and ensure robust, scalable

Qualifications

• 7+ years in hardware test engineering with transition to Technical Program Management.
• Background in electrical, systems, validation, or test engineering leading cross-functional hardware programs (NPI to production).
• Experience managing manufacturing test programs for complex hardware systems from development through production.
• Strong understanding of EVT, DVT, PVT, and production ramp.
• Experience partnering with hardware, firmware, software, validation, and manufacturing teams.
• Experience with contract manufacturers or ODM/OEM partners.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end execution of manufacturing test programs across prototype, EVT, DVT, PVT, and mass production builds.
• Partner with hardware, firmware, software, systems, validation, and manufacturing engineering teams to define manufacturing test strategy and milestones.
• Coordinate development and deployment of board-level, subsystem, and system-level manufacturing test solutions across assemblies.
• Drive cross-functional execution to ensure manufacturing test hardware, software fixtures, automation, and infrastructure are ready for production milestones.
• Partner with contract manufacturers and FATP partners to deploy, validate, and scale manufacturing test processes globally.
• Track manufacturing test readiness, station bring-up, throughput, capacity, coverage, and deployment status for programs.
• Lead cross-functional resolution of manufacturing test issues during engineering and production builds with root cause analysis.
• Drive yield improvements, failure analysis, retest reduction, and continuous optimization of factory test processes.
• Prepare and communicate manufacturing test status, risks, dependencies, and mitigations to leadership.
• Travel to domestic and international manufacturing partners to support production readiness.

Skills

Hardware test engineering

Technical Program Management

NPI to production leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Test strategy development

Release to factory deployment

Tools

Board-level test

Fixture development

Automation frameworks

JTAG/Boundary scan

Job description

Etched is seeking a Test Technical Program Manager to drive manufacturing test strategy and execution for our transformer-focused AI hardware systems. You will own the program management of test development from architecture through factory deployment, ramp, and yield optimization.

This role sits at the intersection of hardware, firmware, software, and manufacturing engineering. You will lead cross-functional teams across L6-L11 assemblies, coordinate test solutions, and ensure robust, scalable