This role is perfect for an engineer with a solid foundation in power systems, embedded systems who is eager to grow, own challenging projects, and see their work move rapidly from concept to flight. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy solving complex problems, and want to help build the future of autonomous aviation, we want to hear from you.

Responsibilities:

• Lead failure analysis investigations for avionics hardware, including: PCBAs (digital, analog, power, mixed-signal), harnesses, connectors, and interconnects
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) using structured methodologies (8D, 5-Why, Fishbone, Fault Tree, etc.)
• Conduct and/or oversee electrical, mechanical, and environmental failure analysis
• Collaborate with design engineers to identify design vulnerabilities, manufacturing and suppliers on process-related issues
• Work closely with cross-functional teams (reliability, mechanical, embedded, software, production, supply chain, etc.)
• Drive design, process, and supplier corrective actions to closure
• Author clear, data-driven failure analysis reports and present findings to technical and program leadership
• Mentor junior engineers and help establish best practices for failure analysis and reliability

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering; or equivalent work experience
• 8+ years of experience in failure analysis, reliability, or hardware debug for aerospace, defense, or high-reliability electronics
• Strong technical fundamentals
• Experienced with cross-sectioning, microscopy, X-ray, and other FA techniques
• Strong hands-on experience with PCBA failure mechanisms (solder joints, vias, components, PCB materials), Harnesses, connectors, crimping, shielding, and interconnect reliability
• Demonstrated track record of extreme ownership, working hard, and delivering outstanding outcomes
• A track record of successfully delivery of products and solutions, overcome obstacles, and deliver high-quality solutions to meet project deadlines and exceed expectations in a fast-paced environment
• Proactively identify opportunities for improvement within organization, demonstrating initiative to propose and implement innovative solutions that enhance efficiency, quality, and overall project success and aircraft reliability
• Ability to independently drive investigations from symptom to root cause

$150,000 - $220,000 a year

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This role is perfect for an engineer with a solid foundation in power systems and embedded systems who is eager to grow, own challenging projects, and see their work move rapidly from concept to flight. If you thrive in fast-paced environments, enjoy solving complex problems, and want to help build the future of autonomous aviation, we want to hear from you.

Key responsibilities include:

Performing failure analysis investigations for avionics hardware, including PCBAs, harnesses, connectors, and interconnects Conducting root cause analysis Collaborating with design engineers to identify design vulnerabilities, manufacturing, and suppliers on process-related issues Working closely with cross-functional teams (reliability, mechanical, embedded, software, production, supply chain, etc.) Driving design, process, and supplier corrective actions to closure

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Firmware Engineer, Robotics

Location

San Francisco

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

On-site

Department

Research

Compensation

• $185K – $268K • Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts

• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)

• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)

• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees

• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)

• Mental health and wellness support

• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage

• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth

• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible

• Relocation support for eligible employees

• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process.

This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.

About the Team

Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and advancing toward AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world environments. Working across the full model and systems stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors. We strive to seamlessly blend high-level AI capabilities with the physical constraints of real-world systems to improve people’s lives.

About the Role

As a Firmware Engineer on the Robotics team, you will help enable the next generation of embodied AI by developing low-level firmware that drives our robotic systems. You will join at an early phase of our firmware development, working alongside electrical, mechanical, and control systems engineers to bring up new boards, integrate novel sensors, and build foundational infrastructure for the distributed system that drives our robots.

This role is hands-on and bare-metal focused. You will read datasheets and reference manuals, write startup code and peripheral drivers, and debug hardware–firmware interactions during board bring-up and deployment. Your work will span everything from simple single-purpose sensing devices to more complex, safety- and reliability-critical subsystems, with an emphasis on correctness, performance, and scalability.

By working closely across disciplines, you will help ensure that firmware, hardware, and system-level assumptions align, and that new designs can be brought up, tested, and iterated on quickly. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the early firmware architecture for advanced robotic systems operating in real-world environments.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA, and requires in-person presence 4 days a week.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Have experience developing firmware for microcontrollers and enjoy working close to the hardware.

• Are comfortable writing bare-metal firmware, or are eager to deepen your understanding of startup code, peripheral drivers, low-level system initialization, and bootloaders.

• Regularly read datasheets, reference manuals, and schematics to understand how new hardware works.

• Have participated in board bring-up, lab debugging, or early hardware validation.

• Are curious about how systems fail and enjoy debugging hardware-firmware interactions using real measurement tools.

• Are comfortable developing in a test-driven environment as well as building testbenches or simple tooling to validate hardware and system behavior.

• Care about writing correct, robust firmware and improving your technical judgment through hands-on experience.

Additional, preferred qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

• Experience with common embedded communication protocols (e.g., SPI, I²C, UART, CAN, Ethernet, BiSS).

• Experience writing C++, or Rust for microcontrollers, especially in resource-constrained or bare-metal environments.

• Familiarity with hardware debugging tools such as JTAG/SWD, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, or similar lab equipment.

• Experience with robotics, sensing systems, data acquisition, or other hardware-centric products.

• Clear written and verbal communication skills, especially when collaborating with hardware and systems engineers.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full

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Offensive Security Engineer, Hardware

Location

San Francisco

Employment Type

Full time

Department

Security

Compensation

• San Francisco$293K – $490K • Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts

• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)

• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)

• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees

• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)

• Mental health and wellness support

• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage

• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth

• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible

• Relocation support for eligible employees

• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process.

This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.

About the Team

Security is at the foundation of OpenAI’s mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Security team protects OpenAI’s technology, people, and products. We are technical in what we build but are operational in how we do our work, and are committed to supporting all products and research at OpenAI. Our Security team tenets include: prioritizing for impact, enabling researchers, preparing for future transformative technologies, and engaging a robust security culture.

About the Role

We're seeking an exceptional Principal-level Offensive Security Engineer to challenge and strengthen OpenAI's security posture. This role isn't your typical red team job - it's an opportunity to engage broadly and deeply, craft innovative attack simulations, collaborate closely with defensive teams, and influence strategic security improvements across the organization.

You'll have the chance to not only find vulnerabilities but actively drive their resolution, automate offensive techniques with cutting-edge technologies, and use your unique attacker perspective to shape our security strategy. This role will be primarily focused on continuously testing our hardware products and related services.

In this role you will:

• Collaborate proactively with engineering teams to enhance security and mitigate risks in hardware, firmware, and software.

• Perform comprehensive penetration testing on our diverse suite of products.

• Leverage advanced automation and OpenAI technologies to optimize your offensive security work.

• Present insightful, actionable findings clearly and compellingly to inspire impactful change.

• Influence security strategy by providing attacker-driven insights into risk and threat modeling.

You might thrive in this role if you have:

• 7+ years of hands-on experience or exceptional accomplishments demonstrating equivalent expertise.

• Exceptional skill in code review, identifying novel and subtle vulnerabilities.

• Demonstrated mastery assessing complex technology stacks, including:

• Proven ability to reverse engineer bootrom images, firmware, or silicon-level components.

• Deep familiarity with low-level kernel operations, secure boot processes, and hardware-software interactions.

• Hands-on experience building and validating secure boot chains and threat models.

• Proficiency with hardware debugging tools (UART, JTAG, SWD, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).

• Solid programming skills in C/C++, Python, or assembly for embedded systems.

• Industry experience securing consumer hardware (e.g., mobile devices, IoT, chipsets).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong intuitive understanding of trust boundaries and risk assessment in dynamic contexts.

• Excellent coding skills, capable of writing robust tools and automation for offensive operations.

• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively through compelling storytelling.

• Proven track record of not just finding vulnerabilities but actively contributing to solutions in complex codebases.

Bonus points:

• Prior experience working in tech startups or fast-paced technology environments.

• Experience in related disciplines such as Software Engineering (SWE), Detection Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Security Engineering, or IT Infrastructure.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives and experiences of our team members.

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