Hardware Systems Product Designer

OpenAI is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their best work. Passion

works here, our community is made up of every kind of individual: artists and

designers, engineers and scientists, problem solvers and doers. Together we

build things and experiences people once couldn’t have imagined — and now

can’t imagine living without. So if you’re excited by the idea of making a real

impact, a career with OpenAI might be your dream job.

This role is based in our San Francisco office, with an expectation of being onsite four days per week

In this role, you will

We are looking for someone who is passionate about engineering and thrives on

innovation to help build the next generation of the world’s most innovative

mobile devices. This role is for someone with strong mechanical design skills, an

ability to lead projects in a multi-functional setting, and excellent communication

skills with both vendors within Asia and internal teams at OAI. The role will

require the ability to deliver outstanding design solutions while balancing

multiple priorities on demanding schedules. You will be responsible for building

prototypes for design validation and driving failure analysis.

You might thrive in this role if you have

• 3+ years demonstrated ability in mechanical design and consumer hardware

• Experience working with contract manufacturers, highly desirable

• Handheld/portable device experience, a huge plus

• Passion for making great products and solving tough design problems

• Demonstrated ability in plastic and metal part design including material selection

• Experience in Design for Manufacturability (DFM), and Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, and geometric tolerancing, with focus on high volume manufacturing

• Experience with technical graphical communication of concepts, ideas, and solutions

• Experience with component modules (OLED/LCD, batteries, sensing, acoustic, camera modules, etc.)

• Integration of wireless antenna (Cellular, GPS, WiFi, BT) into mechanical enclosures, a huge plus

• Integration of electrical subsystems (OLED/LCD, sensing, microphone, speaker, receiver, camera)

• Design of highly cosmetic enclosures with liquid and dust ingress protection, a huge plus

• Experience with 3D CAD modeling systems and workflow, Siemens NX proficiency preferred

• Solid understanding of FEA (stress analysis)

• Ability to travel internationally (20%+)

• Bachelors or Masters/PhD degree with a specialization in Mechanical/ Aerospace/Mechatronics Engineering and 3+ years of related proven experience

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. 

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