Software Engineer, Robotics Interfaces
San Francisco, CA

Job Description

OpenAI is looking for software engineers with experience in developing interfaces and abstractions for large software projects that involve real-time control systems to support our research in teaching robots new behaviors using machine learning. Your responsibilities will be centered around designing and building the next-generation robot platform used by the team for our research. Your projects will include designing, implementing and deploying infrastructure services and interfaces (mostly in Python), real-time controllers (mostly in C++), diagnostics and calibration tooling, and custom firmware.

We look for a track record of the following

* Experience designing, implementing, and shipping production code (not necessarily related to robotics).
* Willingness to debug problems across the stack, such as networking issues, kernel configuration, latency spikes, or memory leaks
* Experience developing and/or deploying real-time control systems for robot systems

You might be a good fit if you

* Know your way around a Unix shell
* Are self-directed and enjoy designing great interfaces and abstractions
* Own problems end-to-end, and are willing to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to get the job done
* Are detail oriented, and like to get the system working but know when to cut corners versus getting it exactly right
In this role, you will work on a team with other software engineers and machine learning researchers to identify, plan, and implement features that accelerate the team's common goals.

Teams

* Robotics

About OpenAI

We're building safe Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), and ensuring it leads to a good outcome for humans. We believe that unreasonably great results are best delivered by a highly creative group working in concert.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family

Unlimited time off (we encourage 4+ weeks per year)

Parental leave

Flexible work hours

Lunch and dinner each day

401(k) plan