Systems Software Engineer, Security, First Party Hardware is open at OpenAI in San Francisco (hybrid). The posting gives a salary of $230K - $385K. Posted on Jun 8, 2026, and still on OpenAI’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We're seeking a Security Engineer to join our First-Party Hardware team. In this role, you will own the end-to-end security foundation for OpenAI's first-party AI hardware systems, working across hardware security, embedded security, system security, and practical deployment at data center scale. You will partner with silicon, hardware, firmware, infrastructure, manufacturing, operations, and security teams to…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on OpenAI’s careers page.
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