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Mechanical Design Engineer, Motor Design & Prototyping

OpenAI · San Francisco

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

Highlights

  • Lead stator and rotor mechanical design for advanced robotic systems.
  • Build and validate motor prototypes from concepts through low-volume builds.
  • Design winding and assembly fixtures to improve motor build repeatability.

What they offer

  • Equity

Ideal candidate

Hands-on mechanical engineer who thrives moving between CAD, shop, and test builds and owns physical results. Diagnoses failures with evidence, documents repeatable processes, and collaborates across disciplines to advance robotics hardware.

Requirements

  • Experience designing and building motors, actuators, or other precision electromechanical assemblies
  • Experience with lamination stacks, bobbins, winding, insulation interfaces, or small-component assembly
  • Proficiency in 3D CAD, manufacturing drawings, tolerance analysis, and fixture design with hands-on metrology
  • Machining, additive manufacturing, bonding, or other prototype manufacturing processes
  • Experience turning an initial build into a repeatable low-volume process
  • Interest in using AI to reduce repetitive design and prototype work with careful engineering review
remote policy
In-person 4 days per week in San Francisco

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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