Etched.ai

Chip Simulation Software Intern

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About this role

Etched seeks interns to develop and test simulations of custom AI inference hardware while collaborating with software and hardware teams. You'll work on cutting-edge chip design tools and systems at a company focused on frontier AI infrastructure.

What you'll do

Co-design and develop hardware simulations for custom chips
Create and maintain tools for analyzing hardware systems
Test chip simulations and validate performance across workloads
Collaborate with software and hardware engineering teams
Debug and optimize low-level system behavior
Contribute to hardware-software co-design initiatives

What they're looking for

C/C++ or Rust programming
Data structures and algorithms
Low-level software engineering
Hardware/software co-design
Linux internals or kernel development (nice to have)
Hardware diagnostics and log analysis (nice to have)
Server virtualization or CI/CD pipelines (nice to have)
Embedded systems development (nice to have)

Benefits

12-week paid internship
Generous housing support for relocating interns
Daily lunch and dinner provided in office
Mentorship from industry-leading engineers
Work on frontier AI infrastructure problems
In-person role at San Jose headquarters

Likely interview questions

Walk us through your experience with C/C++ or Rust. Can you describe a complex project where you optimized for performance or memory efficiency?
How would you approach designing and testing a simulation of custom hardware? What tools or methodologies would you consider?

Describe your understanding of hardware/software co-design. How do you think about the trade-offs between hardware capabilities and software implementation?
Tell us about a time you debugged a low-level software issue. How did you approach finding and fixing the problem?
Have you worked with Linux internals, kernel development, or hardware diagnostics? If so, what did you learn from that experience?
Chip simulation requires close coordination between software and hardware teams. How do you approach collaborating with people from different disciplines?
What interests you about working on inference-focused hardware, and how do you see the simulation and tooling role contributing to that mission?

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