Rack Integration Engineer, Etched
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Office located in Cupertino, CA
Designing specialized chips for language model inference
Open for applications
Designing specialized chips for language model inference
21-100 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
Office located in Cupertino, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To create the world’s most powerful servers for transformer inference.
Role
Who you are
- A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degrees or certifications in data center engineering or related areas are a plus
- A Minimum of 5 years of experience in rack-level integration, including experience with top-of-rack switches, CDU systems, high-power water cooling, and heat exchangers
- In-depth knowledge of top-of-rack switches and experience with their configuration and integration
- Extensive experience with high-power water cooling systems, including CDU systems, heat exchangers, and rack-level manifolds
- Hands-on experience with lab racking and stacking, and setting up high-touch rack configurations
- Strong understanding of rack-level management functions and integration best practices. Linux experience is required
- Experience with testing and qualifying rack-level solutions to ensure performance and reliability
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
What the job involves
- We are seeking a highly skilled Rack Level Integration Engineer to join our team and play a crucial role in selecting, qualifying, and integrating all components within data center racks
- As a Rack Level Integration Engineer at Etched, you will oversee the selection, qualification, and integration of various components within a data center rack
- Your role will involve working with our world class Sohu system product along with top-of-rack (ToR) switches, high-power water cooling systems, CDU (Coolant Distribution Units), heat exchangers, and managing rack-level functions
- You will also be responsible for hands-on lab racking and stacking, as well as general engineering for high-touch rack setups to ensure optimal performance and reliability
- Select and integrate all components within a data center rack, including servers, storage systems, networking equipment, and cooling solutions
- Have in-depth knowledge of top-of-rack switches available in the market. Assist in selecting, configuring, and integrating these switches into the rack environment
- Manage and integrate high-power water cooling systems, including CDU and heat exchangers. Design and implement rack-level manifolds for effective water integration and thermal management
- Set up, test, and qualify complete rack solutions to ensure they meet performance, reliability, and efficiency standards
- Integrate and configure smart PDUs to manage power distribution efficiently. Ensure compatibility with rack-level power management functions
- Maintain a strong understanding of rack-level management functions, including monitoring, control, and automation of rack components
- Perform hands-on lab racking and stacking, including the assembly and setup of high-touch rack configurations. Ensure proper installation and integration of all components
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for rack-level integrations, including component specifications, installation procedures, and testing results. Report on performance and any issues identified during testing
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including mechanical engineers, systems engineers, and vendors, to ensure seamless integration and operation of rack-level solutions
Our take
With AI developing rapidly, the chips that power them are doing so too. The computing requirements of technologies such as Chat GPT will increasingly require customised, hard-wired chips called ASICS, designed specially for the execution of AI models. Whilst GPUs are currently used for AI computing, Etched is making a bet on AI-hardwired chips becoming the predominant powering force of AI.
It’s a gamble, the founders themselves know that if transformers become obsolete, so will their AI-powering product. The SOHU chip that Etched builds differs from GPUs in that it has the AI architecture etched into the chip itself. General Processing Units are “general” and costly, so Etched is betting on specialised transformers taking their place in the near future.
Investors are drawn to Etched’s boldness. The 2022-founded company achieved $120 million in Series A funding just two years into its life. Etched plans to use this to become a main competitor of GPU company Nvidia, and claims to be 20 times faster than the latter’s AI-powering general processor - and significantly less costly too. Time will tell if Etched’s exciting and potentially revolutionary bet on tailored AI chips and transformers pays off.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jun 2024
$120m
SERIES A
May 2023
$5.4m
SEED
Total funding: $125.4m
Company benefits
- Competitive Salary and Equity - We offer a competitive salary and equity package that aligns with industry standards
- Benefits - Your wellbeing is important to us. We offer unlimited PTO, life insurance, and a 401(k)
- Full Insurance Coverage - Our insurance includes full medical, dental, and vision with 100% of premium covered
Company HQ
Cupertino, CA
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Leadership
Robert Wachen
(COO & Co-Founder)Also the Co-Founder of Prod and Mentor Labs, Birthday Cakes 4 Free Maryland and Generate Sales Online.
Gavin Uberti
(CEO & Co-Founder)Previously Software Engineer at OctoML, Algorithms and BAckend Engineer at Coursedog and was a Software Engineer Intern at Xnor.ai.
Chris Zhu
(Co-Founder)Was a Teaching Fellow at Harvard and a Software Engineering Intern at Amazon and AvantStay. Was an Analyst at Harvard Undergraduate Capital Partners.
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