Robotics Test Engineer

AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.

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San Francisco, United States
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 and run rigorous exploratory and requirements-driven tests, build custom test equipment, analyze results, and turn findings into insights that drive design improvements. You will build test benches, write test plans and reports, run validation and verification testing, and design compliance and regulatory testing campaigns while partnering with engineering, product, and leadership teams.

Requirements

  • Preferred: 7+ years of hardware testing or validation experience, including 2+ years with robotics hardware
  • Preferred: Bachelor's or graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • Experience designing test fixtures using CAD, engineering drawings, and GD&T
  • Experience integrating sensors, instrumentation, and DAQ systems
  • Experience developing automated or hardware-in-the-loop tests using Python, C/C++, or AI coding tools
  • Experience designing reliability, accelerated life, environmental, and qualification tests
  • Experience supporting EVT, DVT, PVT, pilot production, or sustaining validation
  • Experience using root cause analysis, FMEA, or FEA
  • Experience executing product standards compliance certification campaigns

Responsibilities

  • Design and build custom test benches to evaluate system performance under realistic conditions
  • Analyze and interpret test data to identify trends, anomalies, and root causes
  • Develop and maintain test plans validating mechanical performance against product requirements
  • Execute validation and verification testing capturing quantitative and qualitative data
  • Author test reports summarizing results, risks, and recommended changes
  • Partner with engineering, product, and leadership teams to inform design iterations
  • Design and execute compliance and regulatory testing campaigns, informing in-house vs 3rd party testing strategy

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 (up to 24 weeks birth parents, 20 weeks non-birthing parents)
  • Paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Flexible PTO for exempt employees; up to 15 days for non-exempt
  • 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
  • Performance-related bonus
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