Hardware Engineer, Test
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
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About OpenAI
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will work on ML/AI hardware system projects for current and future data center deployments. You will design, implement and execute comprehensive test plans for processors, memory modules, custom accelerators and interconnects, and collaborate with design, manufacturing, firmware teams and vendors to debug hardware, power, thermal and high-speed link issues such as SerDes. You will maintain lab equipment with the lab manager, capture and analyze performance metrics, build automation scripts, and document test results and defects.
Requirements
- At least 10 years of industry experience, including testing or supporting hardware design teams for datacenter applications
- Proven hardware testing and validation experience with oscilloscopes, power supplies and analyzers
- Understanding of electrical, power and thermal testing methodologies
- Expertise with SPI, I2C, USB, DDRx and Datacenter Ethernet interface compliance
- Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, VNA, TDR, thermal cameras and test chambers
- Experience with Cadence Allegro and scripting
- System testing knowledge from xPU, board, rack to data center level
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
- Proficiency in Python and Bash highly desired
Responsibilities
- Design, implement and execute test plans for hardware systems
- Develop test methodologies for processors, memory modules, custom accelerators and interconnects
- Collaborate with hardware design, manufacturing, firmware teams and vendors to resolve hardware, power, thermal and interconnect issues
- Debug hardware systems in depth, including SerDes link signal integrity and error rates
- Maintain lab equipment with the lab manager
- Capture and analyze performance metrics with diagnostic tools
- Develop and maintain test automation scripts
- Document test results and report defects
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical, dental and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
- Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA and commuter pre-tax accounts
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave, medical and caregiver leave
- Flexible PTO
- 13+ paid company holidays and company office closures
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
- Relocation support
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends