What are the responsibilities and job description for the ASIC Design Intern position at Groq?
Winter 2026 (January - April) Internship - full-time - hybrid preferred
Mission: This position will focus on developing design scripts to automate design integration and regression of Groq’s next generation hardware. This position will also help designers to improve functional test coverage. Through this work term, the successful candidate will be part of the Hardware engineering team and gain a detailed understanding of Groq’s unique chip architecture.
Responsibilities & Opportunities In This Role
Compensation: The US pay range for our technical internships is $30-$50 / per hour. The pay range for our non-technical internships is $30-$40 / per hour. Compensation is determined by your location, skills, qualifications, experience and internal benchmarks. This range is specific to roles in the United States, compensation for candidates outside the USA will be dependent on the local market.
This position may require access to technology and/or information subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). To comply with these requirements, candidates for this role must meet certain citizenship or residency criteria. Specifically, they must qualify as U.S. Persons for export control purposes (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder), or a protected individual under 8 U.S.C.
Mission: This position will focus on developing design scripts to automate design integration and regression of Groq’s next generation hardware. This position will also help designers to improve functional test coverage. Through this work term, the successful candidate will be part of the Hardware engineering team and gain a detailed understanding of Groq’s unique chip architecture.
Responsibilities & Opportunities In This Role
- Develop design scripts for design integration
- Build scripts for design regression & management
- Work with the designers to improve functional coverage
- Write and debug ASIC block-level test cases
- Gain micro-architecture and logic design skills
- Work closely with our Design Verification and Physical Design teams
- Learn how to review timing, lint and clock domain crossing reports
- Experience with system verilog or verilog design languages
- Understanding of ASIC design flows
- Preferred languages: System Verilog, Python, C, shell scripting
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Must be authorized to work in the United States or Canada
- Purposeful Hiring: You’re not here by accident, and neither is anyone else. Every teammate is handpicked with intention because who we build with matters.
- Builders Wanted: You’re not just riding the rocket ship, you’re building it. Your work directly shapes the trajectory of our company.
- Mission-Driven Work: We’re here to make a real impact. Our mission fuels everything we do.
- Tackling Hard Problems: If easy isn’t your thing, you’re in the right place. We solve some of the most complex and exciting challenges in our space.
- Excellence Is The Standard: High performance isn’t just encouraged, it’s the baseline. And it’s contagious.
Compensation: The US pay range for our technical internships is $30-$50 / per hour. The pay range for our non-technical internships is $30-$40 / per hour. Compensation is determined by your location, skills, qualifications, experience and internal benchmarks. This range is specific to roles in the United States, compensation for candidates outside the USA will be dependent on the local market.
This position may require access to technology and/or information subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). To comply with these requirements, candidates for this role must meet certain citizenship or residency criteria. Specifically, they must qualify as U.S. Persons for export control purposes (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (Green Card holder), or a protected individual under 8 U.S.C.
- 1324b(a)(3) such as a refugee or asylee), or otherwise be eligible for an applicable export license.
Salary : $30 - $50