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OpenAI

Hardware / Software CoDesign Engineer - 3P

San Francisco (Remote)$342k–$555kfulltimemidAdded 1 month ago

About this role

OpenAI seeks a Hardware/Software CoDesign Engineer to optimize AI accelerators and silicon for large-scale machine learning workloads. You'll collaborate with hardware vendors, ML engineers, and compiler teams to co-design next-generation hardware tailored for efficient training and inference of advanced AI models.

What you'll do

  • Co-design hardware for programmability and performance with external hardware vendors
  • Develop performance models and estimates for critical kernels across different hardware configurations
  • Build system-level performance models to optimize compute, memory hierarchy, and networking decisions
  • Partner with ML, kernel, and compiler engineers to translate their requirements into hardware features
  • Evaluate and influence hardware partner roadmaps to align with OpenAI's datacenter and workload needs
  • Manage coordination between internal teams and external partners on hardware optimization initiatives

What they're looking for

  • Software/hardware co-design
  • GPU and AI accelerator architecture
  • CUDA, Triton, or similar accelerator programming languages
  • System performance modeling and analysis
  • C/C++ and Python programming
  • Deep learning fundamentals and chip architecture
  • Low-precision ML optimization
  • Collaborative cross-functional communication

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model: 3 days per week in San Francisco office
  • Relocation assistance provided for new employees
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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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