Supercomputing Intern

About EtchedEtched is building the world's first AI inference system purpose-built for transformers - delivering over 10x higher performance and dramatically lower cost and latency than a B200. With Etched ASICs, you can build products that would be impossible with GPUs, like real-time video generation models and extremely deep & parallel chain-of-thought reasoning agents. 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 SummaryOur supercomputing 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. Supercomputing 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.You may be a good fit if you haveProgress towards a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.Proficiency in C/C++ or RustProficiency in PythonStrong fundamentals in data structures and algorithmsStrong understanding of low-level software engineeringStrong understanding of hardware/software co-designExcellent communication and collaboration skillsStrong candidates may also have (Nice to have qualifications)Experience with Linux internals, kernel development, or driver debuggingExperience with hardware diagnostics or interpreting hardware logsExposure to server virtualization or CI/CD pipelinesExperience with Rust or embedded developmentWe encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every qualification.Program details12-week paid internship (June - August 2026)Generous housing support for those relocatingDaily lunch and dinner in our officeBased at our office in San Jose, CADirect mentorship from industry leaders and world-class engineersOpportunity to work on one of the most important problems of our timeFor any questions, contact internships@How we're differentEtched believes in the Bitter Lesson. We think most of the progress in the AI field has come from using more FLOPs to train and run models, and the best way to get more FLOPs is to build model-specific hardware. Larger and larger training runs encourage companies to consolidate around fewer model architectures, which creates a market for single-model ASICs.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 as needed.

Created: 2026-04-02