Mechanical Design Engineer, Motor Design & Prototyping
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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About the Role
You will own stator and rotor mechanical designs from early concept through detailed design, hands-on builds and prototype validation. You will develop laminations, stack assemblies, bobbins and winding interfaces, design fixtures, troubleshoot prototypes and establish low-volume build processes while working with electromagnetic, electrical, manufacturing and test engineers. The role requires in-person presence 4 days a week in San Francisco.
Requirements
- Experience designing and building motors, actuators or precision electromechanical assemblies (preferred)
- Experience with lamination stacks, bobbins, winding or insulation interfaces (preferred)
- Proficiency in 3D CAD, manufacturing drawings, tolerance analysis and fixture design (preferred)
- Machining, additive manufacturing or bonding experience (preferred)
- Experience turning builds into repeatable low-volume processes (preferred)
Responsibilities
- Own stator and rotor mechanical designs, CAD and drawings
- Develop laminations, stack assembly methods, bobbins and winding interfaces
- Design, fabricate and debug fixtures for winding, stacking, assembly, alignment and inspection
- Build and troubleshoot prototypes
- Establish low-volume prototype production with work instructions, traceability and acceptance checks
- Test new manufacturing methods and winding approaches
- Work with cross-disciplinary engineers to resolve tradeoffs
Benefits
- Equity
- Performance-related bonus
- 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
- Paid medical and caregiver leave
- Flexible PTO
- 13+ paid company holidays and company office closures
- Paid sick or safe time
- 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