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Networking Operating System Firmware Engineer

About the TeamOpenAI’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 si

Company

OpenAI

Location

San Francisco

Status

Open

Posted

2026-05-06T02:48:12.721+00:00

OpenAI's hardware group is hiring a networking OS firmware engineer to build the switching layer of its AI supercomputers. The work covers custom NOS images built from SONiC, SAI and FRR, Linux kernel and platform drivers, switch ASIC SDK integration, L2/L3 routing and ECMP programming, telemetry, and CI pipelines for reproducible fleet rollout. The posting asks for production NOS experience, C/C++, Python, Go or Rust, board bring-up and debugging across software, hardware and vendor boundaries. San Francisco, hybrid, with relocation assistance; export-control rules may set legal-status requirements.