ASIC Firmware Engineer, Modeling
OpenAI · San Francisco
CHECKED 36M AGO
Frontier labonsitesenior$226k–$445k
At a glance
Highlights
- Build firmware and functional models for OpenAI's in-house AI accelerator.
- Co-design chips, systems and tools for next-gen frontier-model supercomputing.
- Bring up new platforms and debug production issues in the field.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
An embedded engineer who thrives in ambiguity and enjoys owning firmware from modeling through bring-up to debug for cutting-edge AI silicon.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience working in embedded software
- Ability to thrive in ambiguity and learn new technologies
- Strong programming skills in C/C++ and/or Rust
- Experience developing high throughput, low latency and multi-threaded code
- Experience working with real-time operating systems (RTOS)
- Experience developing hardware drivers and working with hardware
- Experience with HW/SW co-design
- Knowledge of common embedded protocols such as UART, I2C, SPI
Lab profile
About OpenAI
Builds safe frontier AI models and products like ChatGPT for broad benefit.
What they build
- ChatGPT
- OpenAI API
- Frontier AI models
Known for
- Frontier-scale distributed ML training
- Massive GPU fleet and data center operations
- Exabyte-scale data lakes and streaming
- AI alignment and safety research
Key facts
- Operates one of the world's largest GPU fleets