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Firmware Intern

Etched, San Jose

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Location: San Jose
Work type: Onsite
Level: Intern
Skills in the job text: C++
Rust
C
Linux
Posted: Feb 7, 2026
Last check: 5 h ago
Job type: Software engineering, Inference & ML systems

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What you need

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
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

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every qualification.

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

For any questions, contact internships@etched.com

How we’re different

Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson http://www.incompleteideas.net/IncIdeas/BitterLesson.html. We are the first inference-focused frontier AI system. 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.

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. 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 Summary

In our firmware role, you will help develop firmware for our chips, designed to run large AI 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. We are looking for Spring '27, and Summer '27 interns.

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Company facts

Money raised: $700MSum of funding rounds on record
Newest round: Series unspecified ($700M round)Sep 1, 2026

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