Firmware Engineer, Robotics

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 185,000 - 268,000 annuallyFunction: Hardware, Embedded & Systems EngineeringSkills: ["Rust","RTOS","Embedded systems","ARM Cortex-M","ARM Cortex-R","Hardware-in-the-loop","Fault tolerance","Observability","Production firmware","Codex","Claude Code"]

Lead architecture and development of embedded firmware for next-generation robotics hardware. Own real-time execution, hardware interfaces, safety mechanisms, and production readiness, while mentoring engineers and balancing rapid prototyping with durable, production-quality systems in a safety-critical, high-consequence environment.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
6 months ago

Firmware Engineer, Robotics

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Job Summary

Lead architecture and development of embedded firmware for next-generation robotics hardware. Own real-time execution, hardware interfaces, safety mechanisms, and production readiness, while mentoring engineers and balancing rapid prototyping with durable, production-quality systems in a safety-critical, high-consequence environment.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hardware, Embedded & Systems Engineering
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • ā€¢Define firmware architecture for embedded systems across boot, RTOS/runtime behavior, peripheral control, power management, communications, and field diagnostics.
  • ā€¢Lead rapid hardware bring-up and set execution pace for the team, balancing speed and reliability.
  • ā€¢Establish engineering standards for reliability, fault tolerance, observability, and maintainability across the firmware stack.
  • ā€¢Design and review safety-critical mechanisms, including fault detection, recovery paths, watchdog strategies, redundancy, and safe-state behavior.
  • ā€¢Mentor firmware engineers and build production-quality systems while collaborating with hardware, software, and AI research teams.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 185,000 - 268,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • ā€¢Extensive experience developing firmware in an iterative environment.
  • ā€¢Leadership in architecture and delivery for complex embedded products that shipped to real users or operated in demanding production environments.
  • ā€¢Strong proficiency in low-level languages, especially Rust, and comfortable working close to hardware under real-time constraints.
  • ā€¢Experience designing safety-critical mechanisms, fault detection, recovery paths, and safety-focused design.
  • ā€¢Ability to set direction, review critical designs, unblock hard problems, and mentor firmware engineers.
Experience:EmbeddedRoboticsFirmwareEmbedded systems
Skills:RustRTOSEmbedded systemsARM Cortex-MARM Cortex-RHardware-in-the-loopFault toleranceObservabilityProduction firmwareCodexClaude Code
Tech Stack:RustRTOSEmbeddedARM Cortex-MARM Cortex-RHardware-in-the-loopCI/CDTestingWatchdog

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALLĀ·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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