Senior Manufacturing Test TPM for AI Hardware

The Consensus; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Housing subsidy

Relocation support

Wellness benefits

Lunch & dinner in office

Compute budget

Job summary

Etched is seeking a Test Technical Program Manager to drive manufacturing test strategy and execution across NPI and mass production for transformer-specific AI systems. You will own test development—from architecture to factory deployment and yield optimization—applying cross-functional collaboration across hardware, firmware, software, and supply chain.

You’ll coordinate test solutions globally with contract manufacturers and FATP partners, tracking readiness and milestone delivery while

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hardware test engineering experience with transition to TPM.
• Background in electrical, systems, validation, or test engineering with cross-functional leadership.
• Experience managing hardware test programs from development to production.
• Understanding EVT, DVT, PVT, and production ramp.
• Experience with contract manufacturers or ODM/OEM partners.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end manufacturing test programs from prototype to mass production.
• Define test strategy, milestones, and deliverables with cross-functional teams.
• Coordinate board-level, subsystem, and system-level test solutions across assemblies.
• Ensure test infrastructure readiness, fixtures, automation, and fixtures for production.
• Collaborate with contract manufacturers and FATP partners globally.
• Track readiness, throughput, capacity, coverage, and deployment status.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for test issues.
• Improve yield and reduce test escapes through optimization.
• Communicate status, risks, and mitigation plans to leadership.
• Travel domestically and internationally to manufacturing partners as needed.

Skills

Hardware test engineering

Technical program management

Cross-functional leadership

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Tools

Board-level test tools

Automation frameworks

Job description

Etched is seeking a Test Technical Program Manager to drive manufacturing test strategy and execution across NPI and mass production for transformer-specific AI systems. You will own test development—from architecture to factory deployment and yield optimization—applying cross-functional collaboration across hardware, firmware, software, and supply chain.

You’ll coordinate test solutions globally with contract manufacturers and FATP partners, tracking readiness and milestone delivery while