Talent Intern - Summer 2026

Etched; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

12-week paid internship

Generous housing support

Daily lunch and dinner in office

Direct mentorship from industry leaders

Job summary

A leading AI company in San Jose is seeking a Talent Intern for a 12-week paid internship. This role includes scheduling interviews, managing candidate experiences, and supporting operational tasks. Ideal candidates should possess strong organizational skills and professional communication. The intern will work closely with industry professionals and benefit from mentorship. This is an onsite position with generous housing support and daily meals provided.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must have strong organizational skills.
• Detail-oriented and very proactive.
• Experience with scheduling tools (Ashby, G-Suite, Notion, Slack).
• Detail-oriented and proactive problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and manage logistics for interviews.
• Support candidate experience with clear communication.
• Collaborate with recruiters and hiring managers.
• Partner with recruiters, sourcers, and hiring managers to solve ops challenges.
• Track interview data, resolve scheduling conflicts, and improve onboarding for onsite interviews.

Skills

Calendering experience

Administrative skills

Customer service experience

Recruiting skills

Professional communication

Organizational skills

Problem-solving

Experience with scheduling tools

Education

Currently enrolled, plans to graduate between May 2026 - May 2027

Tools

Ashby

G-Suite

Notion

Slack

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.

Talent Intern

Location: San Jose, CA

Team: Talent

We are an in-person team in San Jose, CA, and are on-site 5 days a week.

Key Responsibilities

• Interview Scheduling & Logistics:
  • Schedule interviews (end-to-end) for various hiring needs.
  • Manage logistics for onsite interviews.
  • Greet candidates onsite and provide a welcoming experience.
  • Act as a scheduling and interview planner.
• Candidate Experience:
  • Support a seamless candidate experience.
  • Manage clear, concise, and professional communication with candidates.
  • Handle candidate reimbursement and travel.
• Operational Support:
  • Partner with recruiters, sourcers, and hiring managers.
  • Use tools like Ashby, G-Suite, Notion, Slack, etc to solve recruiter operations challenges.
  • Adapt to an ever-changing environment.

Representative projects

• Managing the scheduling of a high-volume interview pipeline.
• Troubleshooting and resolving scheduling conflicts.
• Improving the onboarding experience for onsite interviewees.
• Implementation of improvements to the candidate reimbursement process.

You may be a good fit if you have

• Previous experience in calendaring, administrative, customer service, or recruiting roles.
• Strong professional written and verbal communication skills.
• High organizational skills and the ability to prioritize tasks.
• Experience with scheduling tools (Ashby, G-Suite, Notion, Slack, etc.)
• Detail-oriented and proactive problem-solving skills.
• Plans to graduate between May 2026 - May 2027 (new grads are welcome to apply for this position).

Strong Candidates May Also Have Experience With

• Data-Driven Ownership: Proactively track interview metrics, identify inefficiencies, and propose solutions for continuous improvement.
• Adaptable Event Coordination: Seamlessly manage onsite interviews with event-level precision, adjusting to dynamic needs.
• Humble Service Focus: Deliver exceptional candidate experiences in fast-paced settings, prioritizing smooth processes over personal recognition.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single 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

For any questions, contact [e-mail].

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 West San Jose, 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.