OpenAI · 8 hours ago
Firmware Engineer, ASIC Drivers
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$360K/yr - $530K/yr
5+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The role involves designing and developing firmware and drivers for OpenAI's in-house AI accelerator, focusing on high throughput and low latency solutions while collaborating with hardware and software teams.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Design and implement drivers for a large array of hardware components
Design and implement low-latency and high throughput embedded SW to manage HW resources
Work with adjacent SW and HW teams to implement requirements, debug issues and shape future generations of the HW
Collaborate with vendors to integrate their technologies within our systems
Bring up and debug firmware/driver on new platforms
Come up with processes and debug issues raised in the field
Set up monitoring, integration testing and diagnostics tools
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience working in embedded SW space
Ability to thrive in ambiguity and learn new technologies
Strong programming skills in C/C++ or Rust
Experience developing high throughput, low latency and multi-threaded code
Experience working with real time operating systems (RTOS)
Experience developing HW drivers and working with HW engineers and/or vendors
Knowledge of common embedded protocols, e.g. UART, I2C, SPI, etc
Preferred
Knowledge of microprocessor and common ARM architectures (e.g. AMBA) is a plus
Knowledge of PCIe, ethernet and other high BW communication protocols is a plus
Experience with GPUs or other compute HW is a plus
Experience deploying large compute clusters is a plus
Company
OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$79BKey Investors
The Walt Disney CompanySoftBankThrive Capital
2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B
2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B
2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B
Leadership Team
Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
Greg Brockman
President, Chairman, & Co-Founder
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