Systems Software Engineer, Management PlaneActive$266K–$445K

Hybrid · San FranciscoManufacturing

The opportunity

About the Team OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops AI-native silicon and system-level solutions for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads. Building on efforts like Jalapeño, the team is developing future generations of AI-native silicon and tightly integrated systems…

What they're looking for

  • Convert engineering releases into manufacturing-ready software recipes: images, versions, logs, limits, remediation mapping, provisioning hooks, secure artifact handling, and traceable data export.
  • Debug complex production issues spanning hardware signals, BMC firmware,: BIOS/UEFI, kernel drivers, platform services, network topology, PCIe behavior, power, thermals, boot, provisioning, and manufacturing test.
  • Partner with hardware, firmware, security, networking, infrastructure,: manufacturing, operations, and external engineering teams to define software contracts, unblock bring-up, and drive issues to closure.
  • Produce durable architecture notes, runbooks, validation records, and: decision documents that help OpenAI and partner teams reproduce, operate, and improve the platform.