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Electrical Engineer, Robotics

OpenAI · San Francisco

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Frontier labonsitesenior$287k–$423k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Develop next-generation robotics blending AI capabilities with real-world systems.
  • Own electrical architecture for compact, highly integrated robotic systems.
  • Drive hardware from early concept and prototyping through deployment.

What they offer

  • equity

Ideal candidate

Experienced hardware builder with 6+ years owning integrated electromechanical products end-to-end who thrives in ambiguity, loves first-principles prototyping, and balances rapid experimentation with reliable, scalable design.

Requirements

  • 6+ years developing electrical systems for robotics or tightly integrated electromechanical products
  • Owned hardware from concept through PCB layout, bring-up, validation, and deployment
  • Experience designing compact, high-density electronics within severe mechanical constraints
  • Experience with BGAs, rigid-flex, fine-pitch interconnects, micro-coax, FPCs, or dense connectors
  • Ability to reason across electrical, firmware, and mechanical boundaries
  • Comfort owning loosely defined problems and delivering working systems with limited direction
remote policy
In-person 4 days per week

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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