Firmware Engineer, Robotics

OpenAI · San Francisco

OpenAI is hiring a Firmware Engineer, Robotics in San Francisco. The role focuses on embedded & firmware, compilers & runtimes.

Key responsibilities

• You will own foundational firmware decisions across real-time execution, device bring-up, hardware interfaces, fault handling, safety mechanisms, and production readiness.
• Build rigorous bring-up, validation, and release processes for embedded platforms.
• Lead firmware architecture for embedded systems spanning boot, RTOS/runtime behavior, peripheral control, power management, communications, and field diagnostics.

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