RTL 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 . 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

As an RTL Intern at Etched, you will help design microarchitecture and implement logic in verilog. You will work with cutting-edge machine learning architectures, contribute to RTL block development, and participate in the full design cycle—from microarchitecture discussions to synthesis and timing feedback. You do not necessarily need prior ML/AI hardware experience; just the ability to learn quickly in a fast-paced, high-autonomy environment. We are looking for 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 electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field.

Familiarity with high-speed digital logic

Exposure to ASIC or SoC design concepts

Familiarity with SystemVerilog, UVM, or Python

Familiarity with verification work and writing test benches

Familiarity with physical design flows and tooling

Are able to learn quickly about transformers and other aspects of modern artificial intelligence

Strong candidates may also have experience with

Familiarity with modern ML and LLM model architectures

Familiarity with numerical representations and functions

Familiarity with clocking and reset schemes

​Ability to program with Python or another scripting language

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single 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 [email protected]

How we’re different

Etched believes in the Bitter Lesson . 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.