Hardware Engineer, Test

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 to power the next generation of frontier models. By co-designing chips, systems, tools, and methodologies, the team helps deliver faster, more efficient, and production-ready hardware for OpenAI’s supercomputing platform.

As a Hardware Test Engineer

• Work on Machine Learning/AI hardware system projects to craft the solutions for current and future data center deployments.
• Bring a strong understanding of hardware system testing, excellent project management skills, and the ability to collaborate across multiple teams to ensure efficient lab operations.
• Responsible for designing, implementing, and executing comprehensive test plans that ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of our supercomputing hardware systems.
• Develop detailed test plans and methodologies tailored to hardware components, including processors, memory modules, custom accelerators and interconnects.
• Collaborate with hardware design, manufacturing, firmware teams and vendors to identify, analyze, and resolve issues affecting hardware, power, thermal and high-speed interconnects.
• Perform in-depth debugging on the hardware system.
• Excellent analytical skills to diagnose hardware issues, troubleshoot problems, and propose solutions.
• Ability to interpret complex test data, identify trends, and draw meaningful conclusions.
• High-speed links, with a focus on SerDes (Serializer/Deserializer) technology to assess signal integrity, error rates, and overall link performance.
• Collaborate with the lab manager to maintain the equipment and hardware systems, including oscilloscopes, thermal test chambers, liquid cooling systems, and other measurement devices.
• Utilize advanced diagnostic and measurement tools to capture performance metrics and analyze system behavior.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts to streamline testing processes.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash and test automation frameworks to develop automated test scripts is highly desired.
• Effective communication to clearly document test results, report defects, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.