Core Operations

Etched • Cupertino, CA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Etched is building AI chips that are hard-coded for individual model architectures. Our first product (Sohu) only supports transformers, but has an order of magnitude more throughput and lower latency than a B200. With Etched ASICs, you can build products that would be impossible with GPUs, like real-time video generation models and extremely deep chain-of-thought reasoning.
Position Overview:
The Core Operations team is our SEAL Team 6, tackling the most critical challenges across the organization and working directly with the COO.
This role requires strong business acumen, analytical skills, effective people management, and full ownership of high-priority initiatives. While your focus will shift over time, you will be working on the most important problems of today. It will be fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and offer significant opportunities to take on greater responsibilities while helping shape our company’s growth and direction.
Success in this role depends on personal accountability, ambition, and a results-driven mindset. This role requires availability outside of normal working hours, and the ideal candidate is excited about that requirement.

Requirements

• Experience: Several years of experience in high-ownership, high-pressure roles within finance, consulting, or startup environments.
• Steering Expertise: Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent high-impact projects from inception to completion. Skilled in driving cross-functional alignment, ensuring accountability, and delivering results.
• Leadership & Communication: Ability to represent leadership, confidently make critical decisions on their behalf, and communicate information at the level of leadership.
• Adaptability & Time Management: Comfortable with ambiguity and working within a rapidly changing environment with ever shifting priorities.
• Strategic & Data-Driven: Expertise in designing and developing reports to elucidate metrics that measure success and drive decisions.
• Presentation & Analytical Skills: Ability to quickly synthesize information, create compelling presentations, and parse complex data with custom spreadsheets.

Nice To Haves

• Technical Background: Proven experience or formal education in computer science, electrical engineering, artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
• Industry Expertise: Deep knowledge of the AI ecosystem, including emerging trends, cutting-edge technologies, and industry innovations.
• Startup Acumen: Strong understanding of startup stock, cap table, finance, and legal mechanics.

Responsibilities

• Lead Mission-Critical Initiatives: Design, prioritize, and drive the execution of high-priority, high-scope projects, ensuring measurable outcomes that align with the company’s objectives.
• Facilitate Leadership Decision-Making: Provide strategic insights and actionable recommendations to the leadership team through rigorous data analysis, identifying process gaps, optimizing workflows, and driving performance improvements across the business.
• Own Stakeholder Communication: Develop and deliver high-impact materials for internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clarity, alignment, and transparency across all levels. Foster a shared internal understanding of the company’s goals and objectives.
• Drive Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as a key liaison between the executive team and departments across the organization, aligning teams on strategic initiatives, tracking progress, and ensuring timely, high-quality execution of key projects. Identify opportunities to elevate team capabilities and implement tools that increase productivity and scalability across the organization.
• Establish Operational Metrics: Work with leadership to set and track key performance indicators (KPIs), monitoring organizational performance and diagnosing opportunities for optimization to drive operational excellence and business impact.

Benefits

• Full medical, dental, and vision packages, with 100% of premium covered, 90% for dependents
• Housing subsidy of $2,000/month for those living within walking distance of the office
• Daily lunch and dinner in our office
• Relocation support for those moving to Cupertino

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed