Electrical Engineer, Robotics

Responsibilities

• Own significant portions of the electrical architecture for compact, highly integrated robotic and electromechanical systems.
• Design and implement compact electronics including circuit design, component selection, PCB layout, bring-up, and validation.
• Build and validate hardware in integrated robotic systems, driving issues from first observation through root cause and design resolution.
• Partner closely with mechanical, firmware, software, controls, manufacturing, and research teams to deliver coherent system-level solutions.
• Make thoughtful engineering tradeoffs across performance, size, power, reliability, and manufacturability.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience developing electrical systems for robotics, consumer electronics, medical devices, or similar tightly integrated products.
• Proven track record of owning hardware from initial concept through PCB layout, bring-up, and deployment.
• Experience designing compact, high-density electronics within severe mechanical constraints.
• Expertise with technologies such as BGAs, rigid-flex assemblies, fine-pitch interconnects, or micro-coax.
• Ability to reason across electrical, firmware, and mechanical boundaries to solve complex problems.

Preferred Qualifications

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

Benefits

• Competitive salary ($295K – $380K) and generous equity.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental leave and flexible PTO.
• Daily meals in the office and annual learning and development stipends.
• Relocation support for eligible employees.

About the Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and advancing toward AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world environments.