OpenAI
SoC Engineer
$287K–$485K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
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- Candidates may need to meet certain legal status requirements under U.S. export control laws and regulations.
About the job
Architects, designs, and integrates SoC subsystems and platform infrastructure for OpenAI’s first-party AI accelerators, from requirements and RTL through validation and silicon bring-up.
What you'll do
- Define SoC architectures and implement RTL for processor, interconnect, peripheral, I/O, and platform subsystems.
- Integrate processor and third-party IP, and drive boot, reset, debug, test, security, and I/O requirements through validation and silicon bring-up.
- Collaborate across hardware, firmware, software, and vendor teams; build automation and AI-assisted tools for design and integration.
What they ask for
- Experience in SoC architecture, RTL design, and subsystem or full-chip integration, including implementation and silicon bring-up.
- Familiarity with Arm Cortex-M and Cortex-A processors and AMBA protocols such as AXI and APB.
- Understanding of PCIe and experience integrating or debugging controller IP.
- Comfort writing and debugging Verilog/SystemVerilog and building scripts or tools.
Nice to have
- Experience integrating high-speed I/O, including SerDes/PHY interfaces and die-to-die links.
- Experience working with third-party IP vendors and with reset/boot, debug, test, or security design.
Pay
$287K – $485K USD base salary
Tools
Arm Cortex-M, Arm Cortex-A, AMBA, AXI, APB, PCIe, SerDes/PHY, Verilog/SystemVerilog
AI focus
Build and apply automation and AI-assisted tools to accelerate hardware design, IP integration, consistency checking, and debugging.
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