Lead Industrial Designer, Robotics

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the visual identity, form language, and design principles of robotic products and hardware systems.
• Create sketches, renderings, digital concepts, and physical prototypes to communicate design intent.
• Develop production-intent surface geometry and digital assets for direct integration into engineering CAD workflows.
• Partner with product, engineering, and leadership teams to translate goals into compelling physical designs.
• Drive industrial design decisions across the product lifecycle, balancing aesthetics, functionality, and manufacturability.
• Collaborate with mechanical engineers to ensure design intent is preserved through manufacturing.
• Establish and maintain design standards, workflows, and best practices for surface development.

Requirements

• Exceptional taste and strong intuition for proportion, form, and surface quality.
• Experience with consumer electronics, robotics, or highly refined physical products.
• Proficiency in industry-standard design tools such as Alias, NX, Rhino, Blender, or Gravity Sketch.
• Ability to create Class A surfaces and production-ready digital assets.
• Experience working within hardware engineering workflows and navigating technical constraints.

Preferred Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing advanced hardware systems, transportation products, or robotics.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence in industrial design, form development, and visual storytelling.
• Proven track record of working closely with hardware engineering teams from concept through manufacturing.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Flexible PTO and paid parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Daily meals in our offices and meal delivery credits.
• Generous equity and performance-related bonuses.

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 focuses on unlocking general-purpose robotics by integrating cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors.