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Systems Software Engineer, Silicon Bringup

San Francisco (Remote)$266k–$445kfulltimemidAdded today

About this role

Lead the software bringup and validation of OpenAI's next-generation AI silicon, from first power-on through production integration. You'll design test strategies, build diagnostics and automation, and orchestrate cross-functional debug to ensure new hardware meets performance and reliability targets.

What you'll do

  • Define end-to-end software bringup strategy and test coverage for compute, memory, interconnect, and I/O subsystems
  • Build diagnostics, test automation, telemetry, and regression infrastructure to accelerate silicon validation
  • Lead bringup from silicon arrival through board integration, runtime enablement, and model execution
  • Design stress tests to characterize reliability, performance, and stability across workloads and conditions
  • Debug hardware-software failures and coordinate root-cause analysis across firmware, electrical, and platform teams
  • Translate architecture specs and performance models into measurable acceptance criteria and coverage goals

What they're looking for

  • Systems programming (C, C++, Rust, Python)
  • Silicon and hardware-software bringup experience
  • Computer architecture (compute, memory, interconnect, I/O)
  • Low-level debugging (firmware, drivers, OS, hardware interfaces)
  • Test strategy and automation design
  • Performance characterization and stress testing
  • Cross-functional technical communication
  • Production readiness and reliability testing
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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 silicon or accelerator bringup you've led—what was the biggest blocker and how did you unblock it?
  • How do you approach designing test coverage for a system you've never seen before, and how do you identify gaps?
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