PCB Layout Engineer, Robotics
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 design high-density electronics for next-generation robotic systems and own PCB layout from floor planning through fabrication release. You will work with SI/PI, electrical, mechanical, and manufacturing teams, define stack-ups with fabricators, prepare fabrication documentation, and inspect new boards. The role is based in San Francisco with in-person presence four days per week.
Requirements
- 6+ years designing complex multilayer PCBs
- Fluent in Cadence Allegro PCB Designer and Constraint Manager
- Strong HDI design experience
- Understanding of signal and power integrity fundamentals
- Experience working with PCB fabricators on stack-up and DFM
- Effective communication across disciplines and with manufacturing partners
Responsibilities
- Own PCB layout, component placement, routing, and fabrication release
- Collaborate with SI/PI engineers to refine layouts
- Implement high-speed routing, controlled impedance, power distribution, EMI/EMC, thermal and mechanical integration
- Work with fabricators and assembly partners on stack-ups, design rules, and DFM/DFA/DFT reviews
- Prepare fabrication and assembly documentation
- Inspect new PCBAs and participate in failure analysis
- Maintain reusable design constraints, layout workflows, and component libraries
Benefits
- Equity
- Performance-related bonus
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
- Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents
- Paid medical and caregiver leave up to 8 weeks
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees
- 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