OpenAI

Software Engineer, Physical Engineering

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Base Salary

$347k - $445k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship full-stack AI products supporting mechanical and electrical design and simulation tasks.
  • Own projects from customer discovery and prototyping through production deployment and iteration.
  • Create intuitive interfaces for inspecting and refining complex engineering outputs.
  • Develop backend services, APIs, plugins, and integrations connecting OpenAI models with engineering software.
  • Work directly with customers to understand engineering constraints and translate needs into broadly useful products.
  • Partner with research, design, platform, and forward deployed engineering teams.
  • Evaluate product quality and reliability using customer feedback and product evidence.
  • Help establish the technical foundations and engineering practices of the growing team.

Requirements

  • Independently built and shipped substantial software products with ownership across frontend and backend systems.
  • Strong product instincts and UI judgment for complex technical tools.
  • Ability to work directly with users and translate their needs into product and technical decisions.
  • Ability to turn ambiguous opportunities into working products and make pragmatic tradeoffs.
  • Ability to learn unfamiliar tools and domains quickly and communicate across disciplines.
  • Relevant experience may include CAD, CAE, simulation, electrical design, interactive technical workflows, engineering tool APIs or plugins, AI-powered applications, or taking products from concept to production as a founder or early engineer.
OpenAI

About OpenAI

10,000+ employees

OpenAI builds and deploys large-scale AI models and tools—including ChatGPT, GPT-4–class models, DALL·E, and Whisper—sold via APIs and enterprise subscriptions to developers and businesses. It monetizes through usage-based API pricing and ChatGPT Plus/Team/Enterprise, and also reaches customers via Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, it operates as a private partnership.

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