Head of Datacenter Delivery

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 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.

Key responsibilities

• Stay deeply connected to product milestones, production ramps, and bring-up schedules. Translate these into power and capacity forecasts, site selection requirements, and phased delivery plans.
• Build a strong sourcing pipeline for sites, power, and equipment. Develop relationships across GPU clouds, datacenter brokers and operators, developers, landlords, utilities, and equipment suppliers to uncover opportunities early.
• Own site selection, diligence, and preconstruction. Validate power availability and energization timelines, assess buildout requirements, and establish budgets, permitting paths, and long-lead procurement plans.
• Challenge design assumptions and find faster, more cost-effective ways to build. Work with engineering and delivery partners to evaluate design modifications, 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. Be accountable for schedule, budget, safety, and quality, including securing long-lead equipment and coordinating utility readiness.
• Build a repeatable turnkey delivery process, including testing, documentation, operator training,and coordination with Legal and Finance to prepare complete facilities and their real estate or leases for sale and transfer.
• Build and lead an exceptional delivery team, in addition to coaching and growing the existing team. Hold developers, contractors, and other partners accountable, give leadership clear visibility into risks and tradeoffs, and resolve problems before they affect product milestones.

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