The posting
About Etched
Etched is building hardware for frontier intelligence. We co-design chips, racks, software, and manufacturing to deliver best-in-class throughput and latency across both prefill and decode workloads. Our first products are heavily focused on inference. Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors and staffed by leading engineers, Etched is redefining the infrastructure layer for the fastest growing industry in history.
Job Summary
We are hiring an Inventory Warehouse Coordinator to support inventory operations across Etched facilities and in-house engineering labs. This role is critical to ensuring engineers have the right parts, tools, and systems available when needed to keep development and builds on schedule.
This is a highly hands-on role centered on receiving, inventory control, material organization, and internal fulfillment. You will pick up incoming packages from the loading dock, inspect and receive materials into our internal systems, check items into inventory, maintain accurate inventory records, and fulfill requests from engineering teams. You will manage incoming and outgoing shipments, inventory organization and warehouse processes while maintaining high accuracy and safety standards.
It is ideal for someone who enjoys hands-on work, has strong attention to detail, and takes pride in maintaining accurate and organized inventory in a fast-paced hardware environment. This role runs on a swing shift (3pm–12am, Monday through Friday) and requires reliable transportation between Etched locations in San Jose (Santana Row) and Milpitas.
Key Responsibilities
Receiving & Material Handling
- Pick up incoming packages and deliveries from the loading dock and transport them to the receiving area
- Receive, inspect, and log incoming components, assemblies, tools, equipment, and supplies
- Record detailed item information in internal systems and check materials into the inventory tracking system
- Verify quantities, part information, and documentation against purchase orders and packing lists
- Coordinate with Supply Chain, Logistic and Engineering teams on discrepancies or missing information
- Label and route materials to the lab, storage locations, or build areas
- Package items and prepare packages for outbound shipment
- Operate 8000 lbs forklift (training will be provided)
Inventory & Organization
- Maintain accurate inventory records in internal systems and spreadsheets
- Maintain real-time visibility into material status via ERP (NetSuite) and inventory tracking tools
- Organize and manage storage areas to ensure efficient retrieval and clear part identification
- Conduct cycle counts and support inventory reconciliation efforts
Warehouse Operations Management
- Maintain clean, safe, and organized lab and warehouse spaces
- Operate basic material-handling equipment, such as pallet jacks, carts and a forklift
- Ensure compliance with safety and handling requirements for sensitive components, including ESD, fragile, and high-value parts
- Identify opportunities to improve labeling, storage systems, and material flow efficiency
- Transport and coordinated packages and material movement between Etched facilities
Internal Lab Support
- Serve as a point of contact for engineers requesting parts, tools, equipment, and supplies
- Pick, stage, and distribute inventory for engineering builds, testing activities, and daily operational needs
- Enable engineering production through efficient material movement
You may be a good fit if you have
- 2–5 years of experience in warehouse operations, shipping/receiving, or inventory control
- Familiarity with ERP or inventory tracking systems, such as NetSuite or SAP
- High attention to detail and ability to follow standard operating procedures precisely
- Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate closely with Engineering and Operations teams
- Comfort working in a hands-on, physical environment, including lifting and moving materials up to approximately 50 lbs
- Basic proficiency with spreadsheets and inventory tracking systems
- Prior lab or warehouse experience in a semiconductor or hardware environment
- Familiarity with startup operations or fast-paced R&D cycles
- Experience supporting inventory audits or compliance processes
Compensation
- This is a 1099 contract position, expected to be 40 - 50 hours per week. Compensation is hourly and competitive, based on experience and qualifications.
- As a contractor, this role is not eligible for full-time benefits (e.g., medical, dental, vision insurance), but you will have:
- Access to daily lunch and dinner at our San Jose office and provided daily meal stipend
How we’re different
Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html. We are the first inference-focused frontier AI system, betting early on transformer and transformer-like architectures and on increasing model sizes. Our addressable market is the entirety of inference, unlike many of our competitors.
We are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and greatly value engineering skills. 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.
