Etched · 6 hours ago
Software Intern
San Jose, CA
Internship
Onsite
InternEtched is an innovative company focused on building AI inference systems specifically designed for transformers, providing significant performance advantages. They are seeking a Software Intern who will work across various tracks including systems, firmware, infrastructure, and chip simulation, contributing to the design, development, and deployment of software for machine learning systems.
AI InfrastructureArtificial Intelligence (AI)ComputerHardwareSemiconductor
Responsibilities
We are hiring software interns across four tracks (systems, firmware, infrastructure, and chip simulation/tooling). You do not need experience in all tracks. Strength in one area is sufficient
Our systems software role focuses on the design, development, and deployment of ML system software required for operating rack-scale systems. Your work will span network performance, telemetry creation and processing pipelines, and analysis of system-level health and performance. System SW is also responsible for the deployment and provisioning of software frameworks and hardware validation, maintaining secure and performant systems for data center scale ML workloads
In our firmware role, you will help develop firmware for custom ASICs designed to run large transformer models efficiently. You’ll work across the stack—from low-level drivers, hardware interfaces, and system initialization code to integration with runtime libraries and model-execution frameworks. Your work will focus on making the hardware operate reliably and at peak performance, enabling high-throughput inference and training workloads. You’ll collaborate with hardware, architecture, and software teams to bring up new silicon, validate features, and support real-world AI applications
Our infrastructure and core software roles 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. This includes working on our 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
Our chip simulation and tooling role will co-design, develop, and test simulations of our custom hardware and tools that engineers use to analyze those systems. You will be working at the cutting edge of hardware innovation, closely coordinating with both software and hardware teams across their whole development path
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
Etched has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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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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