RTL Intern

Title: RTL Intern Location: San Jose, CA, United States Department: ASIC Employment Type: Intern

Job Description: About EtchedEtched 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 SummaryAs 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 haveProgress towards a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field.Familiarity with high-speed digital logicExposure to ASIC or SoC design conceptsFamiliarity with SystemVerilog, UVM, or PythonFamiliarity with verification work and writing test benchesFamiliarity with physical design flows and toolingAre able to learn quickly about transformers and other aspects of modern artificial intelligenceStrong candidates may also have experience withFamiliarity with modern ML and LLM model architecturesFamiliarity with numerical representations and functionsFamiliarity with clocking and reset schemesAbility to program with Python or another scripting languageWe encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification.Program details12-week paid internshipGenerous housing support for those relocatingDaily lunch and dinner in our officeBased at our office in San Jose, CADirect mentorship from industry leaders and world-class engineersOpportunity to work on one of the most important problems of our timeFor any questions, contact we’re differentEtched 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.