Head of Datacenter Delivery

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. We are looking for a Head of Datacenter Delivery to build Etched's turnkey compute capability: sourcing sites and power, building out datacenters, installing our racks, and delivering fully operational facilities ready for sale. You will also own our internal datacenter and lab buildouts, translating the product roadmap into power forecasts, sourcing priorities, and construction schedules. This is a hands-on leadership role: success means delivering working compute, not just securing space and power. We are a fully in-person team in San Jose and Taipei.

Responsibilities

Stay deeply connected to product milestones, production ramps, and bring-up schedules and translate them into power and capacity forecasts, site selection requirements, and phased delivery plans; Build a strong sourcing pipeline for sites, power, and equipment across GPU clouds, datacenter brokers and operators, developers, landlords, utilities, and equipment suppliers; Own site selection, diligence, and preconstruction, including power availability, energization timelines, buildout requirements, budgets, permitting paths, and long-lead procurement plans; Challenge design assumptions and find faster, more cost-effective ways to build, including evaluating repurposed facilities and used or refurbished equipment without compromising safety, reliability, or hardware requirements; Own datacenter and lab delivery through construction, rack installation, integrated facility and system commissioning, and handover to operations, including schedule, budget, safety, quality, long-lead equipment, and utility readiness; Build a repeatable turnkey delivery process, including testing, documentation, operator training, and coordination with Legal and Finance on facilities and their real estate or leases for sale and transfer; Build and lead an exceptional delivery team, coach and grow the existing team, hold partners accountable, and resolve problems before they affect product milestones

Requirements

A track record of delivering large-scale datacenters or similarly complex, power-intensive facilities from site-selection through commissioning and operational handover; An established network across the datacenter ecosystem and the ability to turn relationships into actionable site, power, and equipment opportunities; Strong technical judgment across power, cooling, networking, and construction, including the ability to evaluate designs, equipment alternatives, and realistic delivery timelines; Experience leading teams and managing construction budgets, contractors, and delivery partners against demanding schedules; The ability to understand a hardware roadmap deeply enough to anticipate infrastructure needs and adapt plans as requirements change; A hands-on, resourceful approach: you challenge assumptions, find practical alternatives, and drive execution across engineering, real estate, construction, and operations

Nice to have

Delivering high-density AI/HPC infrastructure, including liquid-cooled, rack-scale deployments; Developing turnkey infrastructure projects that combine operational systems with the underlying real estate or lease; Building hardware bring-up, validation, or production test labs

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage; $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits; Housing subsidy of $2,500 per month for those living within walking distance of the office; Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row); Various wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more; Daily lunch and dinner in the office; Unlimited compute budget subject to ROI justification