Electrical Engineer, Robotics
OpenAI · San Francisco
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Frontier labonsitesenior$287k–$423k
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