Lab Intern in Saratoga, California at Eridu Corporation

Eridu is a Silicon Valley-based hardware startup pioneering infrastructure solutions that accelerate AI data centers to deliver Faster AI. Today’s AI performance is frequently limited by communication bottlenecks. Eridu introduces multiple industry-first innovations across silicon, packaging, software, and systems to deliver an order of magnitude improvement in performance and unlock greater GPU utilization to speed training job completion times and tokens-per-second for more profitable inference. We do this while simultaneously reducing capital and power costs and improving reliability.

The company’s solutions and value proposition have been widely validated by leading hyperscalers.

Eridu has raised over $200M to date including its most recent, oversubscribed Series A round. The company is led by a veteran team of Silicon Valley executives who have delivered multiple billion dollar product lines and led multiple companies to billion dollar exits, including serial entrepreneur Drew Perkins, co-founder of Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN), Lightera (acq. by Ciena), Gainspeed (acq. by Nokia) and Mojo Vision (the world’s leading micro-LED company). The company is in execution mode and has a world-class engineering team with decades of experience in state-of-the-art silicon, packaging, optics, software, and systems. Eridu is working with best-in-class supply chain partners including silicon, packaging and systems.

Visit our website eridu.ai to learn more.

Eridu is looking for a hands-on and motivated Lab Intern to support our engineering lab operations. This role will work closely with the engineering team to maintain lab infrastructure, install and bring up equipment, and support hardware and networking activities.

The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys working with hardware, troubleshooting issues, and is comfortable with hands-on lab work in a fast-paced engineering environment.

• Help maintain and implement lab infrastructure and equipment.
• Install and bring up lab equipment, switches, and network connectivity.
• Assemble and install Eridu systems and third-party hardware accessories.
• Support hardware setup, troubleshooting, and basic debugging activities.
• Assist with power, cabling, and network setup within the lab environment.
• Configure switches and support basic Layer 2/LAN networking tasks.
• Maintain lab organization, equipment inventory, and documentation.
• Work closely with engineers on day-to-day lab activities and hardware projects.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Networking, or a related technical field.
• Basic understanding of networking fundamentals, including switches, LAN, and Layer 2 concepts.
• Experience working in a lab environment through school projects, internships, or previous work experience is preferred.
• Comfortable working with hardware, assembling equipment, and using basic hand tools.
• Familiarity with lab infrastructure, power systems, and network connectivity is a plus.
• Strong willingness to learn and take on hands-on tasks.
• Comfortable working in a hands-on environment where some tasks may involve physical setup and installation.

At Eridu, you’ll have the opportunity to shape the future of AI infrastructure, working with a world-class team on groundbreaking technology that pushes the boundaries of AI performance. Your contributions will directly impact the next generation of AI infrastructure solutions, transforming the performance of AI data centers.

The starting base salary for the selected candidate will be established based on their relevant skills, experience, qualifications, work location, market trends, and the compensation of employees in comparable roles.

Eridu does not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles from staffing agencies or third-party recruiters. Any candidate submitted to Eridu without prior written authorization from our recruiting team will be considered unsolicited and will become the property of Eridu. Eridu reserves the right to pursue and hire such candidates without any obligation to pay fees. Recruiting agencies are expressly instructed not to contact hiring managers, employees, or executives regarding open positions.