Electrical Engineer, Robotics

The role

You will develop the next generation of robotic systems through the full hardware development lifecycle. This includes concept exploration, circuit design, PCB layout, and system integration.

What you will do

• Own portions of electrical architecture for compact robotic and electromechanical systems.
• Design and implement compact electronics including circuit design, component selection, and PCB layout.
• Build and validate hardware in integrated robotic systems.
• Drive issues from first observation through root cause and design resolution.
• Partner with mechanical, firmware, software, controls, manufacturing, and research teams.
• Make engineering tradeoffs across performance, size, power, reliability, manufacturability, and iteration speed.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of experience developing electrical systems for robotics, consumer electronics, medical devices, wearables, cameras, or other tightly integrated electromechanical products.
• Personally owned hardware from concept through PCB layout, bring-up, validation, and deployment.
• Experience with technologies such as BGAs, rigid-flex assemblies, fine-pitch interconnects, micro-coax, FPCs, dense connector systems, or similar packaging approaches.

Nice to have

• Experience with GMSL, MIPI/CSI, FPD-Link, or other high-speed camera interfaces.
• Experience with multi-board robotic or electromechanical systems that include distributed sensing, actuation, and real-time communication.
• Experience bringing hardware through EVT/DVT-style builds, low-volume production, or contract-manufacturer-supported builds.
• Familiarity with writing bring-up, test, or diagnostic firmware in C, C++, Rust, or Python.

Before you apply

• Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law.

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.