This role sits at the center of silicon, firmware, platform, systems, and workload teams. You will turn hardware specifications and performance targets into an end-to-end bringup plan, drive cross-functional debug, and establish the stress and regression infrastructure that makes each new platform reliable across operating environments.

Contribute to the end-to-end software bringup and validation strategy for new silicon and first-party systems.

Define software-driven test coverage across compute, memory, interconnect, I/O, and their system-level interactions.

Build diagnostics, test automation, telemetry, and regression infrastructure that accelerate first-silicon learning and issue isolation.

Lead bringup from initial silicon arrival through board and system integration, docking, runtime enablement, and model execution.

Design stress tests that characterize reliability, performance, and stability across workloads and operating conditions.

Translate architecture specifications and performance models into measurable acceptance criteria, coverage goals, and pass/fail signals.

Debug complex hardware-software failures, drive root-cause analysis, and coordinate fixes across silicon, firmware, electrical, platform, and workload teams.

Validate that integrated systems deliver expected functionality and model performance, and turn bringup learnings into reusable infrastructure for future generations.

You might thrive in this role if you:

Have strong systems programming experience in C, C++, Rust, Python, or comparable low-level environments.

Have brought up or validated complex silicon, accelerators, servers, or other hardware-software systems.

Systems Software Engineer, Silicon Bringup

Responsibilities

Qualification

Required

Company

OpenAI

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