AI Hardware RTL Design Engineer Intern

Quick Facts

• Role: AI Hardware RTL Design Engineer Intern

• Term: Starts January 2027 and continues through the Spring term (ending ~April 2027)

• Availability: Minimum 12 weeks, full-time (40 hours/week), on-site

• Locations: Palo Alto, CA; Austin, TX

Description

You will work on micro-architecture specification and develop performance-, area-, and power-efficient RTL for AI hardware. You’ll design accelerators and related subsystems, collaborate with architecture and software teams as well as implementation and verification engineers, and support synthesis-ready RTL while balancing performance, power, safety, and cost.

Responsibilities

• Micro-architecture specification and design

• Deliver performance, area, and power-efficient RTL design

• Specification and RTL design of accelerators, memory and network subsystems

• Work with architecture and software teams to achieve design targets

• Balance performance, power, safety, and cost requirements; trade off functional, physical and performance requirements

• Collaborate cross-functionally with implementation, verification, and performance engineers

• Design for synthesis

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field

• Graduation date between May 2027 and December 2027

• Minimum 12 weeks and full-time (40 hours/week) on-site availability

• Must be actively enrolled in an academic program (internship program)

• Able to work 40 hours/week on-site (including CPT considerations, if applicable)

Benefits

• Medical plans with options including $0 payroll deduction

• Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits

• Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans; option with $0 payroll contribution

• Company-paid HSA contribution when enrolled in the High Deductible Medical Plan with HSA

• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

• 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits

• Company-paid Basic Life, AD&D, and short-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)

• Employee Assistance Program

• Sick and Vacation time (flex time for salary positions) and paid holidays

• Back-up childcare and parenting support resources

• Voluntary benefits: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance

• Commuter benefits; employee discounts and perks program

Expected compensation: $20.00 - $65.00 + benefits (varies by market location and individual factors).