Intern, Program Management Office (PMO)
San Jose, CAInternship$50–60/hrPosted 2 days agoStill listed today
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The Program Management Office intern will support program management at Ayar Labs in San Jose. The role involves maintaining project schedules, coordinating with cross-functional and manufacturing partners, preparing status reports and dashboards, and supporting program reviews. It is a hands-on opportunity for students interested in engineering, business, or operations. The candidate should be pursuing a master’s or higher degree in a relevant field.
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Position: Intern, Program Management Office (PMO) Location: San Jose, CA
Job Id: 778
of Openings: 0
Intern, Program Management Office (PMO) Term: May to August 2027
Please note:
- Position location is on-site in San Jose Office
- There is no immigration (except F1) or relocation support for this position
- Posting expires upon application threshold
Position Description
Ayar Labs, the global leader in optical I/O chiplets, is harnessing silicon photonics to revolutionize the scaling of AI compute hardware. AyarLabs is shattering AI data bottlenecks by moving data at the speed of light. As pioneers of co-packaged optics (CPO), we are using light instead of electricity to move data faster, further, and with a fraction of the energy needed to fuel the explosive growth of AI models.
Backed by industry giants like NVIDIA, AMD and Intel and manufactured in partnership with the world’s leading semiconductor ecosystem, Ayar Labs’ co-packaged optics solution is key to unleashing next-generation AI scale-up architectures.
In this internship, you'll help maintain project schedules, coordinate with cross-functional and manufacturing partners, prepare status reports/dashboards, and support program reviews. This is a great hands-on opportunity for students interested in engineering, business, or operations to learn program management at a cutting-edge technology company.
Intern Skillset Needed
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Proficiency with scheduling/tracking tools (MS Project, Smartsheet, Excel) and PowerPoint
- Clear written and verbal communication
- Comfortable working across US-Asia time zones with cross-functional and manufacturing teams
- Coursework or interest in engineering, business, or supply chain/operations
- Adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-paced startup
Education Requirements
- Candidate should be actively pursuing a Master’s or higher degree in Silicon Hardware, Mechanical Engineering, Photonics, or related field
Pay Range: $50 - 60/hourly, depending on education level
NOTE TO RECRUITERS: Principals only. We are not accepting resumes from recruiters for this position. Remuneration for recruiting activities is only applicable subject to a signed and executed agreement between the parties. Please don’t send candidates to Ayar Labs, and do not contact our managers.
Ayar Labs is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is strongly committed to all policies which will afford equal opportunity employment to all qualified persons without regard to age, sex, national origin, race, color, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. It is the policy of Ayar Labs to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. Veterans are more than welcome and encouraged to apply.
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How this job compares
Set against the 10,974 open Program Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 14, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$50–60/hr
- California median$40–50/hr28 hourly ranges
- US median$28–36/hr248 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $55/hr, is 29% above the California median midpoint ($43/hr) — in the middle half of Program Management hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,366 open Program Management jobs in California and 10,974 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Northrop Grumman61 open
- Apple59 open
- Accenture56 open
- Experience
- Program Management postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 5 to 10 years (9,708 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 198 of the 10,974 open Program Management jobs (2%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 14, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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