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Electrical Engineer, Robotics

San Francisco$295k–$380kfulltimemidAdded 1 month ago

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)
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OpenAI

OpenAI builds AI infrastructure and products, including large-scale data center campuses for AI computing and generative AI applications for enterprise customers. The company is hiring civil engineers, project engineers, electrical design engineers, data center R&D engineers, and AI deployment engineers to expand its infrastructure capabilities and help customers deploy AI solutions.

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Likely interview questions

  • Walk us through a hardware project where you owned the electrical architecture end-to-end—from concept through PCB layout, bring-up, and deployment. What were the biggest challenges?
  • Describe your experience designing compact, high-density electronics under tight mechanical constraints. What technologies like BGAs, rigid-flex, or fine-pitch interconnects have you worked with?
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