Electrical Engineer, Robotics

Job summary

Responsibilities

We're looking for an experienced Electrical Engineer to help develop the next generation of robotic systems at OpenAI. This role spans the full lifecycle of hardware development, from early concept exploration and prototyping through circuit design, component selection, PCB layout, bring-up…

• Own significant portions of the electrical architecture for compact, highly integrated robotic and electromechanical systems, including sensing, communication, power…
• Design and implement compact electronics spanning circuit design, component selection, PCB layout, bring-up, validation, and deployment.
• Build and validate hardware in integrated robotic systems, driving issues from first observation through root cause and design resolution.
• Partner closely with mechanical, firmware, software, controls, manufacturing, and research teams to deliver coherent system-level solutions.
• Make thoughtful engineering tradeoffs across performance, size, power, reliability, manufacturability, and iteration speed.

What they're looking for

• Experience with GMSL, MIPI/CSI, FPD-Link, or other high-speed camera interfaces.
• Experience with multi-board robotic or electromechanical systems that include distributed sensing, actuation, and real-time communication.
• Experience bringing hardware through EVT/DVT-style builds, low-volume production, or contract-manufacturer-supported builds.
• Familiarity with writing bring-up, test, or diagnostic firmware in C, C++, Rust, or Python.

Tech stack

• C++
• Rust
• Python