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

We’re hiring for a GTM intern - someone who will help us build the operational backbone of our go-to-market function. You’ll get to join the team working directly on product launches, deal logistics, performance benchmarking, customer materials and enablement, and strategic partnerships. We are looking for Fall '26, Spring '27, and Summer '27 interns.

Key responsibilities

• Research model changes, data center development, and vendor news

• Partner with executives across recruiting, operations, and engineering to guide customer assessments and analyses

• Work cross-functionally with legal, architecture, and software to best coordinate efforts across GTM

• Build high-leverage decks, benchmarks, and ROI/TCO models

• Develop and manage our GTM ops engine: CRM, pipeline tracking, reporting, lead gen infrastructure

• Support product launches with operations, communications, and competitive strategy

• Track and report progress on GTM KPIs, OKRs, and overall engagement health

• Keep our systems sharp: iterate fast, reduce friction, and raise execution velocity

You may be a good fit if you have

• Previous work or internship experience in early-stage or high-growth startup ops, GTM, strategy, or chief-of-staff roles

• A background or interest in AI infrastructure, deep tech, or semiconductors

• Operational rigor combined with storytelling and customer intuition

• Comfort working across functions, from engineering to legal to sales

• Strong interest in fast-moving, high-autonomy environments with lots of ambiguity

• Ability to analyze customer data, prioritize action, and execute quickly
  

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, betting early on transformer and transformer-like architectures and on increasing model sizes. 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.