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Robotics Software Engineer

San Francisco
Salary
$255K - $325K
Level
Senior
Work type
On-site · San Francisco

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Open. First seen 5 June 2026.

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About the role

About the Team

Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and pushing towards AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world settings. Working across the entire model stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors. We strive to seamlessly blend high-level AI capabilities with the constraints of physical systems to improve peoples’ lives.

About the Role

We're seeking talented Robotics Software Engineers to expand our robotics data collection and evaluation program. This highly technical role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing software solutions across diverse robotics hardware. You'll work closely and collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams; including software, hardware, research, and operations - to drive advancements in our robotic systems.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA, and requires in-person 4 days a week.

In this role, you will:

  • Help develop and grow our data collection labs, owning the entire integration lifecycle, from identifying and sourcing new hardware to collaborating with mechanical and electrical engineers on setup, software integration, and operational deployment.
  • Develop innovative robot control interfaces suited to a variety of morphologies, environments, and tasks.
  • Collaborate closely with research and engineering teams to develop automation tools and machinery that facilitate the evaluation of advanced robotic policies.
  • Lead the design and implementation of data collection, visualization, and quality control processes.

You might thrive in this role if you:

  • Have 5+ years of professional software engineering experience developing and shipping production-quality systems in robotics or hardware-integrated environments.
  • Have extensive experience integrating and deploying industrial automation systems, off-the-shelf robotics platforms, or custom hardware into production environments.
  • Bring hands-on experience delivering production-quality software within collaborative, cross-functional engineering teams.
  • Have strong proficiency in Rust or C++.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

OpenAI's standard text

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What this role asks for

Particular to this role

Rust

Rare in OpenAI's other 299 open postings.

Standard for embedded / hardware roles

C++

Common in embedded / hardware postings at any company.

56% of this description is written for the role. The rest is OpenAI's standard text, folded away below.

Compared with OpenAI's other open jobs.

The team: Robotics HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 14 open in Robotics. 5 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in May: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

PCB Design (5 of 14), Embedded Systems (4 of 14), C++ (3 of 14), Rust (3 of 14), Creo (2 of 14), Linux (2 of 14), Python (2 of 14)

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Salary context

17 other open postings titled Robotics Software Engineer state a salary: median USD 130,000 to USD 220,000 a year.

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