Software Engineering Intern, Power Modeling & AI Tools at Tenstorrent University Jobs
Santa Clara, CA
$50–$70/hrfrom the description
Jul 22, 2026
Santa Clara, CA
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An internship focused on building internal tools, automation scripts, and data-driven workflows to support power modeling for CPU and AI hardware products. Day-to-day work spans integrating engineering datasets, creating visualizations and dashboards, and developing LLM-based or agentic AI interfaces to make power model data more accessible. Suited to students in a quantitative field who are comfortable with Python, SQL, and Git-based development.
Junior level · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA · Internship
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 7,000 people in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 5,300–9,100
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $217,796 (middle half $177,469–$231,052). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role sits between software tooling/automation (15-1252) and data/analytics work (15-2031); the primary framing is building internal tools, scripts, and automation workflows, so Software Developers was chosen, with Operations Research Analysts as the runner-up.
Python, SQL, and Git are listed under the 'What We Need' requirements section and are treated as hard gates. Notebooks and scripting workflows are mentioned alongside SQL but name no specific tool, so they are omitted as non-canonical.
LLMs appear in the 'What You Will Learn' section (framed as exposure, not a requirement) and in narrative context, so they are marked preferred.
The posting is for an internship with three possible terms (Winter, Summer, Fall); the role is on-site in Santa Clara, CA.
Compensation is stated as $50–$70/hr covering base and variable targets.
An export-control compliance condition is noted — the offer may be contingent on citizenship/residency status or a federal license, but no formal US security clearance is required.
Posting is for a internship engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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