Electrical Engineer, Robotics

About this role

OpenAI seeks an experienced Electrical Engineer to develop next-generation robotic systems, owning hardware design from concept through deployment. You'll work across the full electronics lifecycle—circuit design, PCB layout, integration, and validation—while collaborating with cross-functional teams to build compact, AI-driven robotic platforms.

What you'll do

• Own electrical architecture for robotic systems including sensing, power distribution, communication, and actuator interfaces
• Design and implement compact electronics from circuit design through PCB layout, bring-up, and validation
• Build and validate hardware in integrated robotic systems, debugging issues from observation to resolution
• Partner with mechanical, firmware, software, and controls teams to deliver cohesive system solutions
• Make engineering tradeoffs across performance, size, power, reliability, and manufacturability
• Drive hardware development from loosely-defined concepts into working systems with limited guidance

What they're looking for

• Circuit design and PCB layout
• Compact electronics for electromechanical systems
• High-density packaging (BGAs, rigid-flex, fine-pitch interconnects)
• Hardware bring-up and validation testing
• Cross-functional collaboration (electrical, firmware, mechanical)
• High-speed interfaces (GMSL, MIPI/CSI preferred)
• Hardware prototyping and debugging
• C/C++, Rust, or Python firmware familiarity (preferred)