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Physical Design 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

2026-09-15T17:43:37.11+00:00

OpenAI's Hardware organization is hiring a mid-level physical design engineer for its physical design team in San Francisco, on-site and full-time. The individual contributor owns tools, flows and methodologies for physical implementation, takes floorplan blocks from floorplanning through final signoff, and collaborates with RTL designers on timing, power and area trade-offs, EDA vendors and ASIC partners. The posting asks for a BS with four years, MS with two, or PhD with up to one year of experience, a successful tapeout record, and Python, Bazel and TCL coding.