OpenAI · 1 day ago
QA Software Engineer, Consumer Products
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$325K/yr - $325K/yrOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. As a QA Software Engineer, you will own automated validation of device software, design and maintain test frameworks, and collaborate across teams to ensure quality standards are met. This role requires deep experience in software quality, automation, and hardware-software integration.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain a unified test framework for device software (unit, integration, system/end-to-end), with adapters for GitHub/Linear/Slack and reproducible runs
Integrate test suites with Buildkite, enforce promotion criteria (staging/prod), auto-file regressions, and publish traceable artifacts and release notes
Plan and bring up racks, power/networking, and orchestration for device testing; support automated flashing, provisioning, and telemetry capture
Develop tools for API/firmware validation, result triage, log capture, and replayable bug reports
Stand up dashboards and alerts for pass rates, stability, and release readiness; detect and quarantine flaky tests; drive root-cause analysis with owners; and track DORA-style delivery metrics to guard release health
Write clear procedures for QA vendor technicians, review their reports, and maintain a queue of rig maintenance/repairs
Partner with embedded/system software teams on testability and with release infrastructure engineers on pipelines, signing, rollouts, and rollback/forward strategies
Qualification
Required
Deep experience in software quality/test engineering for hardware products shipped at scale, with a strong automation focus
Proficient in Python, C, C++, or Rust, and have solid Linux fundamentals (processes, networking, storage, udev/systemd)
Experience building CI/CD pipelines, artifact management, and environment isolation
Demonstrated success designing and operating hardware-in-the-loop labs and device orchestration at scale
Fluent with test reliability techniques such as failure triage, flake detection/quarantine, and signal quality guardrails
Preferred
Experience with device-lab frameworks (e.g., LAVA, OpenHTF) and results pipelines (dashboards/alerting)
Knowledge of release-readiness safeguards: staged rollouts, rollback plans, and signed firmware/software artifacts in CI/CD
Benefits
Relocation assistance
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.
Founded in 2015
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
Recent News
2026-01-08
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