Infrastructure Intern

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.

Job Summary

We are looking for Summer '26, Fall '26, Spring '27, and Summer '27 interns. You may be a good fit if you have:

• 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.

Strong Candidates May Also Have (Nice To Have Qualifications)

• 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.

Program details

• 12-week paid internship.
• Generous housing support for those relocating.
• Daily lunch and dinner in our office.
• Based at our office in San Jose, CA.
• Direct mentorship from industry leaders and world-class engineers.
• Opportunity to work on one of the most important problems of our time.

How We’re Different

Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson. We are the first inference-focused frontier AI system, betting early on transformer and transformer-like architectures and on increasing model sizes. Our addressable market is the entirety of inference, unlike many of our competitors. We are a fully in-person team in San Jose (Santana Row), and greatly value engineering skills. We do not have boundaries between engineering and research, and we expect all of our technical staff to contribute to both and work across disciplines as needed.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, contact internships@etched.com.