Platform Tech: Language Design Intern — Shape SoC Tools

SiFive; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 44,634 - 53,726; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

SiFive is seeking interns for the Platform Engineering Technologies team in Santa Clara, CA. You will work on project-based tasks to extend design and verification tools for SoC development, applying object-oriented or functional programming skills.

You will engage with open-source communities such as Chisel and CIRCT, learning to translate user feedback into improved tooling for hardware design. The role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and hands-on silicon development.

Qualifications

• Willingness to learn and share in a collaborative team environment.
• Ability to communicate and teach others inside and outside the company.
• Experience with object-oriented or functional programming languages.
• Exposure to hardware design and verification techniques is a plus but not required.

Responsibilities

• Interns will complete a project specific to their skill set and interest.
• You will apply programming skills to enhance domain-specific hardware design tools.
• You will participate in open-source communities while helping SiFive engineers build and verify RISC‑V CPUs, IPs and SoCs.

Skills

Willingness to learn

OOP

FP

Communication

Job description

SiFive is seeking interns for the Platform Engineering Technologies team in Santa Clara, CA. You will work on project-based tasks to extend design and verification tools for SoC development, applying object-oriented or functional programming skills.

You will engage with open-source communities such as Chisel and CIRCT, learning to translate user feedback into improved tooling for hardware design. The role emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and hands-on silicon development.