Etched · 1 month ago
Software Intern
San Jose
Internship
Onsite
Intern
Start in 2026 SummerEtched is a company focused on building an advanced AI inference system. They are seeking highly motivated Software interns to work across various tracks including systems, firmware, infrastructure, and chip simulation/tooling, contributing to the design, development, and deployment of software for their innovative projects.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)ComputerHardwareSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Focus on the design, development, and deployment of all software required for building, configuring, updating, monitoring, and maintaining rack scale systems
Involvement in network performance, creation and processing of telemetry pipelines to analyze system-level health and performance, deploying and provisioning software, validating hardware, and keeping the systems and pipelines secure and performant
Develop firmware for custom ASICs designed to run large transformer models efficiently
Work across the stack—from low-level drivers, hardware interfaces, and system initialization code to integration with runtime libraries and model-execution frameworks
Collaborate with hardware, architecture, and software teams to bring up new silicon, validate features, and support real-world AI applications
Drive the development and adoption of next-generation infrastructure tooling, enabling Etched ASIC, Software, and Platform engineers to iterate faster, build more reliably, and push the boundaries of AI performance
Work on hybrid-cloud high-performance compute (HPC) clusters, massively parallel CI executions, Infrastructure-as-code, scale-out observability platform with LLM integration, and building high-quality tools that engineers love using
Co-design, develop, and test simulations of custom hardware and tools that engineers use to analyze those systems
Qualification
Required
Progress towards a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
Proficiency in C/C++ or Rust
Proficiency in Python (for interns interested in systems software)
Strong fundamentals in data structures and algorithms
Strong understanding of low-level software engineering
Strong understanding of hardware/software co-design
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Preferred
Experience with Linux internals, kernel development, or driver debugging
Experience with hardware diagnostics or interpreting hardware logs
Exposure to server virtualization or CI/CD pipelines
Experience with Rust or embedded development
Benefits
Generous housing support for those relocating
Daily lunch and dinner in our office
Company
Etched
Building the hardware for superintelligence
Founded in 2022
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (9)
2024 (11)
2023 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$625.36MKey Investors
StripesPrimary Venture Partners
2026-01-14Series Unknown· $500M
2024-06-25Series A· $120M
2023-05-16Seed· $5.36M
Leadership Team
Chris Zhu
Co-Founder
Robert Wachen
Co-Founder and President
Recent News
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