Supercomputing Intern
Company: Etched
Location: San Jose
Posted on: April 2, 2026
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Job Description:
About Etched Etched 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 Summary Our 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 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 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 (June - August 2026) 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 . 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.
Keywords: Etched, Milpitas , Supercomputing Intern, IT / Software / Systems , San Jose, California
