Intern, Business Development 3
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The Business Development intern will research partner engagement and value models, compare how deep-tech and semiconductor companies structure collaborations, and identify key trade-offs. The intern will synthesize findings into a repeatable decision tool for evaluating partnership opportunities and apply it to illustrative scenarios. The position runs from May to August 2027 and is on-site in Ayar Labs’ San Jose office.
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Position: Intern, Business Development 3 Location: San Jose, CA
Job Id: 753
of Openings: 0
Intern, Business Development 3 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. Ayar Labs 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.
Join our business development team to research the range of value and engagement models companies use to build products together, and to turn that research into a practical decision framework our team can apply to real partnership situations.
What you’ll do
- Research and frame the spectrum of partner engagement models.
- Study how comparable deep-tech and semiconductor companies structure their partner collaborations, and extract the key trade-offs.
- Synthesize the findings into a repeatable “how we choose a value model” decision tool the team can use to evaluate real opportunities.
- Apply the framework to one or two illustrative scenarios as a worked example.
Intern Skillset Needed
- Proficiency with mainstream and emerging AI-enabled business tools and methods
- Experience with technical market analysis, customer-oriented thinking, and business planning
- Strong interest in the AI infrastructure and technology markets, with a willingness to tackle challenging goals
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience with engineering, building, or working with computer/technology hardware
- Demonstrated ability to apply AI tools in innovative, high-leverage ways
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Education Requirements
- Candidate should be actively pursuing a Master’s in Business Strategy, Business Development, Corporate Strategy, or MBA
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 20,402 open Business Development jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$135–210K/yr2,146 salary ranges
- California median$28–32/hr55 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 2,563 open Business Development jobs in California and 20,402 across the US. 13% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- Business Development postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 10 years (16,210 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 142 of the 20,402 open Business Development jobs (under 1%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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