Applied AI Engineer, Manufacturing & Operational Execution at Etched
San Jose, CA
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Jul 23, 2026
San Jose, CA
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role centers on building and operating agentic AI systems that drive hardware manufacturing and supply chain decisions — covering material planning, production scheduling, build readiness, quality, logistics, and customer deployments. The work involves embedding with cross-functional teams to turn operational decisions into AI-augmented workflows, and building models that connect demand, supply, capacity, and cost. It suits someone with hands-on LLM/agent-building experience and a background in hardware, manufacturing, or supply chain operations.
Senior level · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 4,200 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 2,200–5,500
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
This role sits at the intersection of AI/software engineering and supply-chain/operations — it is primarily about building and shipping agentic AI systems (LLM-based agents, orchestration, evals), which maps best to Software Developers (15-1252). Data Scientists (15-2051) is a plausible runner-up given the forecasting, simulation, and operations-research elements.
No explicit title or seniority level is stated in the posting. The scope — owning end-to-end agentic systems across multiple operational domains, embedding with cross-functional teams, and driving outcomes — is consistent with a Senior individual contributor.
The posting is fully in-person at the San Jose (Santana Row) office; remote is not offered.
Python is listed as a hard requirement ('Comfort with Python and code'). LLM-based agent building and shipping is also explicitly required ('Hands-on experience building and shipping LLM-based agents or AI tooling that real users depend on'). Agentic coding tools and frontier models are framed as required ways of working.
ERP/MRP, PLM, MES, QMS, BOMs/ECOs, NPI/ramp, factory test, quality systems, forecasting, constraint optimization, simulation, and digital twins all appear under a 'Strong candidates may also have' section — treated as preferred.
No compensation figures are disclosed in the posting.
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