Edward Sanchez

ASIC Lead @ Etched

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Designing AI chips @ Etched Prior: Built micro satellites (GEO) to provide low cost connectivity to the world @ Astranis

Experience

  • Etched (Full-time · 2 yrs 5 mos)
    • ASIC Lead
      Jun 2026 - Present · 2 mos

      Building AI chips

    • Member of Technical Staff
      Mar 2024 - Jun 2026 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Core designer + micro architect of SAU (self attention unit) Seed stage silicon startup building dedicated hardware for AI

  • FPGA DSP Engineer at Astranis Space Technologies
    Jan 2022 - Mar 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    Designed, integrated, and brought up the software defined radio DSP FPGA, the core of the payload for Astranis’s micro GEO satellites

  • Research Assistant at Texas Tech University
    Jan 2020 - Jul 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos

    Optical research laboratory performing various experiments on h-BN, GaAs, Graphene, Indium Arsenide, and others with a focus on 2D Van der Waals materials. Handled and operated TiSa ultrafast pulsed fs laser.

  • Founder at Ascent Digital Partners
    Jun 2019 - Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Boutique management consulting firm implementing digital solutions within the Insurance, Banking, and Newspaper industry.

  • Co-Founder at Artists Unlimited LLC
    2015 - 2017 · 2 yrs

    App for musical artist-to-artist transactions for sharing exposure. Building towards an independent and decentralized music industry.