Systems Software Engineer, Silicon Bringup
OpenAI · San Francisco
CHECKED 1H AGO
Frontier labremote$266k–$445k
At a glance
Highlights
- Bring new AI silicon from first power-on to full system running production models.
- Define software validation for compute, memory, interconnect and I/O subsystems.
- Build diagnostics and regression infrastructure for future AI hardware generations.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
Systems-oriented builder who loves the hardware-software boundary, turning first-silicon ambiguity into reliable production platforms through rigorous testing, deep debug, and durable tooling.
Requirements
- Strong systems programming experience in C, C++, Rust, Python, or comparable low-level environments
- Experience bringing up or validating complex silicon, accelerators, servers, or other hardware-software systems
- Understanding of computer architecture and behavior of compute, memory, interconnect, and I/O subsystems
- Skilled at low-level debugging across firmware, drivers, operating systems, and hardware interfaces
- Ability to create rigorous test strategy, reason about coverage gaps, and build scalable automation and observability
- Experience with performance characterization, stress testing, reliability testing, or production readiness
- Clear cross-disciplinary communication and ability to drive ambiguous, high-stakes technical work to closure
- Passion for building durable tools and processes that make bringup faster and more predictable
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