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System Software Engineer at OpenAI

Department: Scaling

Compensation

$266,000 – $445,000/yr

Setup
Hybrid
Location
San Francisco, California
Type
Full-time
Level
senior
Posted

Description

OpenAI is hiring a System Software Engineer for its First-Party Hardware team to design, build, integrate, and validate low-level firmware and system software for AI hardware manageability. The role covers BMC, Linux, firmware interfaces, boot and recovery, diagnostics, telemetry, drivers, network interfaces, manufacturing readiness, and acceptance of partner software releases. It also involves building lab automation, debugging hardware-software issues, and supporting platforms from bring-up through production deployment. The position is based in San Francisco with a hybrid arrangement requiring three days per week onsite.

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