Mech / Thermal Intern

Etched; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 20,664 - 41,328; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous housing support

Daily lunch and dinner

Direct mentorship

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking mechanical/thermal engineering interns for a 12-week paid internship in San Jose, CA. Interns will focus on NPI prototyping, manufacturing fixture development, and liquid cooling technologies. Candidates should be pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical or Computer Engineering. Exceptional mentorship from industry leaders and opportunities to work on cutting-edge problems will be provided. Generous housing support and meals are also offered.

Qualifications

• Progress towards a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• Experience in building mechanical systems or boards.
• Knowledge of board design cycle and system integration.

Responsibilities

• Work on NPI prototyping and manufacturing fixture development.
• Assist in liquid cooling technologies and rack-level system development.
• Collaborate with mechanical and electrical engineering teams.

Skills

Building real mechanical systems

Hands-on projects

Board design cycle

High-speed interconnects

Power delivery

System integration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Job description

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.

Job Summary

Our mechanical/thermal engineering interns will work within the mechanical and thermal engineering organization, with a strong focus on NPI prototyping, manufacturing fixture development, liquid cooling technologies and rack‑level system development.

Our Platform Team is building the full‑stack system that supports Etched Silicon from PCB to Rack. We are seeking interns to work across all aspects of mechanical and electrical engineering to design the future of high‑power ASIC systems.

You may be a good fit if you have

• Progress towards a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
• Experience building real mechanical systems, boards, or other hands‑on projects.
• Knowledge of board design cycle, high‑speed interconnects, power delivery, and system integration.

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

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 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 as needed.

Contact

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