Title: Intern, Hardware Engineering Location: San Jose, CA Department: 2027 Summer Internships Job Id: 777
of Openings: 0
Intern, Hardware Engineering Term: May to August 2027 Please note: * Position location is on-site in San Jose Office * There is no immigration (except F1) or relocation support for this position * Posting expires upon application threshold Position Description Ayar Labs, the global leader in optical I/O chiplets, is harnessing silicon photonics to revolutionize the scaling of AI compute hardware. Ayar Labs is shattering AI data bottlenecks by moving data at the speed of light. As pioneers of co-packaged optics (CPO), we are using light instead of electricity to move data faster, further, and with a fraction of the energy needed to fuel the explosive growth of AI models. Backed by industry giants like NVIDIA, AMD and Intel and manufactured in partnership with the world’s leading semiconductor ecosystem, Ayar Labs’ co-packaged optics solution is key to unleashing next-generation AI scale-up architectures. The exceptional Hardware Engineering Intern candidate will have strong physics and electrical engineering fundamentals from their coursework, and have the motivation to apply their learnings to practical design work. The core responsibility of the Hardware Engineering Intern will be to support the hardware engineering team of Ayar Labs in the design, layout and bringup of printed circuit boards (PCB) towards the validation and test of novel optical engine chiplets. This is a unique opportunity for a growing engineer to be exposed to a novel NPI environment, and be developing hardware on the edge of High Performance Computing advancements. Intern Skillset Needed * Fundamental Electronics and Physics * PCB Design (Altium) * Embedded Systems and Scripting (Python, C) Education Requirements * Candidate should be actively pursuing a Bachelor’s or higher in Electrical Engineering Pay Range: $50 - 60/hourly, depending on education level NOTE TO RECRUITERS: Principals only. We are not accepting resumes from recruiters for this position. Remuneration for recruiting activities is only applicable subject to a signed and executed agreement between the parties. Please don’t send candidates to Ayar Labs, and do not contact our managers. Ayar Labs is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is strongly committed to all policies which will afford equal opportunity employment to all qualified persons without regard to age, sex, national origin, race, color, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. It is the policy of Ayar Labs to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. Veterans are more than welcome and encouraged to apply.
About Ayar Labs
Ayar Labs develops optical I/O technology for AI infrastructure. Founded in 2015 and based in San Jose, California, the company employs between 51 and 200 people. Its hardware solutions aim to improve data movement efficiency for AI training and inference. The company operates as a privately held entity within the computer hardware manufacturing sector.
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