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Electrical Engineer, Actuator Test Infrastructure

OpenAI · San Francisco

CHECKED 23H AGO

Frontier labremote$225k–$318k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own electrical backbone of robotic actuator dynamometer test cells.
  • Turn high-performance actuator hardware into trustworthy, repeatable test data.
  • Build test infrastructure accelerating general-purpose robotics toward AGI.

What they offer

  • Equity

Ideal candidate

Hands-on electrical engineer energized by lab execution who obsesses over safety, grounding, and signal integrity. You blend system architecture with pragmatic iteration to deliver reliable test infrastructure for advanced robotics.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or graduate degree in Electrical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related field.
  • Experience building, commissioning, or maintaining electrical systems for dynamometers, robotics, automation, motors, power electronics, or industrial test equipment.
  • Hands-on experience with motor drives, servo systems, load motors, power distribution, and electrical protection.
  • Strong understanding of grounding, shielding, EMI/EMC, signal integrity, and instrumentation wiring.
  • Experience integrating sensors and DAQ hardware for voltage, current, torque, position, speed, temperature, or vibration measurements.
  • Familiarity with electrical safety practices, E-stops, interlocks, safe torque off, lockout/tagout, and relevant lab standards.
  • Ability to create and maintain schematics, wiring diagrams, panel layouts, and clear electrical documentation.
  • Experience troubleshooting complex electromechanical systems with oscilloscopes, meters, power analyzers, and other lab tools.

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
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