SMT Line Lead
Quick Summary
Lead and operate an in-house SMT manufacturing line, managing team, production scheduling, quality, and yield for advanced electronics modules.
Skills & Keywords
Strongly preferred
We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification.
Compensation Range$250,000 - $350,000 with significant equity.
We are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and the SMT line is located in nearby Milpitas. We do not have boundaries between engineering and research, and we expect all of our technical staff to contribute to both and work across disciplines as needed.
- Experience leading an SMT line at a fast-growing hardware startup.
- Has brought a new SMT line from first build to stable production.
- Experience with complex, high-value assemblies (large BGAs, server or accelerator boards) and BGA rework.
- Experience with MES, traceability, or inventory systems.
- Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage$500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
- $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
- Housing subsidy of $2,500 per month for those living within walking distance of the office
- Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
- Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
- Daily lunch and dinner in our office
- Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification
What we need to see
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field or comparable experience.
- Minimum of five years of experience in electronics manufacturing (PCBA/SMT), with at least two years leading production teams.
- Hands-on experience running an SMT line day to day: build scheduling, kitting, feeder setup, changeovers, and line-side inventory.
- Experience managing mixed teams of full-time employees and contractors across shifts.
- Working knowledge of SMT inspection and quality (SPI, AOI, X-ray), IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001, and MSD handling.
- Familiarity with SMT process validation and characterization, enough to partner closely with process engineering on yield.
- Track record of building processes, training programs, and metrics from scratch.
- Passionate about automating parts of the job with agentic AI models, and willing to learn about this on the job.
etched
San Jose, CA
About etched
Etched builds hardware for frontier AI inference, co-designing chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency for AI workloads.
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