Mechanical / Thermal Intern

Etched is hiring a Mechanical / Thermal Intern in San Jose, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Level.

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About Etched

Etched 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 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. We are looking for Summer '26, Fall '26, Spring '27, and Summer '27 interns.

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
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 internships@etched.com

How We're Different
Etched 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.

How we rate this

Mechanical / Thermal Intern at Etched rates 23 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

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Little AI. AI is not part of the work.