Base Salary
$360k - $530k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement drivers for hardware peripherals, including AI chip components.
- Develop functional software models to simulate SoC uncore logic and enable firmware testing against the model.
- Develop low-latency, high-throughput embedded software to manage hardware resources.
- Collaborate with software and hardware teams to implement requirements, debug issues, and shape future hardware generations.
- Work with vendors to integrate their technologies into OpenAI systems.
- Bring up and debug firmware and drivers on new platforms.
- Develop processes and investigate issues raised in the field.
- Set up monitoring, integration testing, and diagnostic tools.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience working in embedded software.
- Strong programming skills in C, C++, and/or Rust.
- Experience developing high-throughput, low-latency, and multithreaded code.
- Experience working with real-time operating systems.
- Experience developing hardware drivers and working with hardware.
- Experience with hardware/software co-design.
- Knowledge of common embedded protocols such as UART, I2C, and SPI.
- Ability to thrive in ambiguity and learn new technologies.
- Knowledge of microprocessors and common ARM architectures such as AMBA is a plus.
- Knowledge of PCIe, Ethernet, and other high-bandwidth communication protocols is a plus.
- Experience with GPUs or other compute hardware is a plus.
- Experience deploying large compute clusters is a plus.
- Candidates may need to meet legal status requirements under U.S. export control laws and regulations.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.