Supplier PCBA Manufacturing Engineer

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 seeking a Supplier PCBA Manufacturing Engineer to serve as the primary manufacturing engineering representative at our Contract Manufacturing (CM) partner in Taiwan. This role is a critical member of our PCBA Manufacturing Engineering organization and acts as the technical bridge between our Product Design teams in the United States and our manufacturing partners in Asia. Unlike a traditional Manufacturing Engineer, this role does not own production operations or SMT equipment. Instead, you will provide technical leadership, mentorship, and manufacturing engineering oversight to ensure our suppliers successfully industrialize and manufacture high-complexity PCBAs with exceptional quality, yield, and reliability. You will work closely with our US-based PCBA Manufacturing Technology Experts, Hardware Design Engineers, Supplier Quality, and CM Engineering teams to drive Design for Manufacturability (DfM), New Product Introduction (NPI), process optimization, and continuous improvement. Key Responsibilities - Contract Manufacturer Technical Leadership - Serve as the primary manufacturing engineering interface between the company and Contract Manufacturing partners. - Build strong technical relationships with supplier engineering teams. - Mentor supplier manufacturing engineers on industry best practices for PCBA assembly. - Drive alignment to corporate manufacturing standards and engineering expectations. - Provide technical leadership during engineering reviews, design transfers, and production readiness assessme