ASIC Firmware Engineer, Modeling is open at OpenAI in San Francisco. The posting gives a salary of $226K - $445K. Posted on Feb 3, 2026, and still on OpenAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We are looking for an embedded engineer to help build firmware and associated modeling software for OpenAI’s in house AI accelerator. This role involves designing and developing drivers and functional models for a large array of HW components, writing high throughput and low latency firmware code, investigating bring-up and production issues. RESPONSIBILITIES - Design and implement drivers for hardware peripherals…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on OpenAI’s careers page.
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