Aid in scaling Etched’s supply chain and production processes for their groundbreaking AI inference systems while receiving mentorship from industry leaders.
Production Intern
Location: San Jose, CA
Team: Production
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.
The role
As Etched scales global deployments of our inference systems, we are seeking Production interns to work on sourcing, supply chain, and day-to-day execution across our contract manufacturers. You will aid in Etched’s supply chain process, ensuring we can scale production rapidly, efficiently, and reliably.
You may be a good fit if you have
Progress towards a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field.
Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, operations, and program management teams
Excellent communication, analytical, and leadership skills
Strong candidates may also have experience with
Supply chain, sourcing, or commodity management for datacenter, networking, or compute hardware
Strong understanding of switches, PDUs/CDUs, racks, cabling, and datacenter infrastructure
Cost modeling, should-cost analysis, and total cost of ownership evaluation
Data center infrastructure design, thermal and power distribution systems
Working in a fast-paced hardware startup environment
Familiarity with semiconductor or AI hardware supply chains is highly desirable
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 [email protected].
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 West San Jose, 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.
Etched is pioneering AI inference systems specifically designed for transformer architectures, achieving more than 10x the performance of traditional solutions. Our technology dramatically reduces costs and latency, enabling innovative applications like real-time video generation and advanced reasoning models. We are reimagining the infrastructure that supports the rapidly evolving AI landscape, making previously impossible products a reality.
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