Etched
AI
FirmwareIntern-Spring2027
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“Firmware Intern - Spring 2027 at Etched. Skills: Firmware development for custom ASICs, low-level software engineering, hardware/software co-design. Develop firmware for custom ASICs designed to run large transformer models efficiently. Work across the stack—from low-level drivers, hardware interfaces, and system initialization code to integration with runtime libraries and model-execution frameworks”
What You'll Achieve.
delivering over 10x higher performance and dramatically lower cost and latency than a B200; enabling high-throughput inference and training workloads
Industry & Context.
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, fully in-person team
What They're Looking For.
Must 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, fundamentals in data structures and algorithms, understanding of low-level software engineering, understanding of hardware/software co-design
Nice to Have
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
What You'll Do.
Develop firmware for custom ASICs designed to run large transformer models efficiently
Work across the stack—from low-level drivers
and system initialization code to integration with runtime libraries and model-execution frameworks
Make the hardware operate reliably and at peak performance
enabling high-throughput inference and training workloads
Collaborate with hardware
and software teams to bring up new silicon
and support real-world AI applications
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with hardware, architecture, and software teams; Direct mentorship from industry leaders and world-class engineers
Communication Scope
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Full 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 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. 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 - 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
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