Actuator Design Engineer

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 342,000 - 445,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 7+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["CAD","PLM","NX","Teamcenter","Encoders","Motors","Thermal management","Sensing","Mechanical design"]

Lead the design, integration, and validation of precision electromechanical actuators for advanced robotic systems. Own architecture, architecture trades, prototype bring-up, and system-level integration with mechanical, electrical, controls, firmware, reliability, and manufacturing teams to deliver production-ready actuator solutions.

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OpenAI
OpenAI
2 months ago

Actuator Design Engineer

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Job Summary

Lead the design, integration, and validation of precision electromechanical actuators for advanced robotic systems. Own architecture, architecture trades, prototype bring-up, and system-level integration with mechanical, electrical, controls, firmware, reliability, and manufacturing teams to deliver production-ready actuator solutions.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead the architecture, design, and integration of custom robotic actuators, including motors, transmissions, sensing, thermal systems, structural components, and packaging
  • •Define actuator requirements and system-level trade studies around torque density, bandwidth, efficiency, thermal performance, backdrivability, inertia, reliability, manufacturability, and cost
  • •Design precision electromechanical assemblies with strong attention to tolerances, alignment, load paths, thermal expansion, sealing, wear, and serviceability
  • •Drive actuator integration into robotic systems, partnering closely with controls, firmware, electrical, and robotics software teams to optimize closed-loop performance
  • •Develop and evaluate architectures with integrated sensing and encoder strategies

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 342,000 - 445,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or a related field
  • •7+ years of experience designing electromechanical systems, robotic actuators, or precision mechatronic hardware
  • •Experience developing actuators for robotics, automation, aerospace, automotive, or other high-performance dynamic systems
  • •Strong understanding of motors, transmissions, bearings, encoders, structural design, thermal management, and precision mechanical integration
  • •Familiarity with actuator sensing architectures, including encoder integration and calibration strategies
Experience:7+ yearsRoboticsActuatorsHardware
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CADPLMNXTeamcenterEncodersMotorsThermal managementSensingMechanical design
Tech Stack:NXTeamcenterCADEncodersMotorsThermal managementMechanical design

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALL·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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