AI Silicon Bringup & Systems Engineer

AI Chopping Block; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI in San Francisco is seeking a hardware systems software engineer to drive the end‑to‑end bringup of new AI silicon, from power‑on to fully integrated systems that run production‑representative models.

You will define software test coverage, build diagnostics and automation, and collaborate with silicon, firmware, and platform teams to ensure reliability and performance across workloads.

Qualifications

• Strong systems programming experience in C, C++, Rust, Python, or comparable low‑level environments.
• Experience bringing up or validating complex silicon, accelerators, servers, or other hardware‑software systems.
• Understanding of computer architecture and the behavior of compute, memory, interconnect, and I/O subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the end‑to‑end software bringup and validation strategy for new silicon and first‑party systems.
• Define software‑driven test coverage across compute, memory, interconnect, I/O, and their system‑level interactions.
• Build diagnostics, test automation, telemetry, and regression infrastructure that accelerate first‑silicon learning and issue isolation.
• Lead bringup from initial silicon arrival through board and system integration, docking, runtime enablement, and model execution.
• Design stress tests that characterize reliability, performance, and stability across workloads and operating conditions.
• Translate architecture specifications and performance models into measurable acceptance criteria, coverage goals, and pass/fail signals.
• Debug complex hardware‑software failures, drive root‑cause analysis, and coordinate fixes across silicon, firmware, electrical, platform, and workload teams.
• Validate that integrated systems deliver expected functionality and model performance, and turn bringup learnings into reusable infrastructure for future generations.

Skills

C/C++

Rust

Python

Systems programming

Hardware bringup

Job description

OpenAI in San Francisco is seeking a hardware systems software engineer to drive the end‑to‑end bringup of new AI silicon, from power‑on to fully integrated systems that run production‑representative models.

You will define software test coverage, build diagnostics and automation, and collaborate with silicon, firmware, and platform teams to ensure reliability and performance across workloads.