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OpenAIPosted Sep 8, 2026
Control Systems Software Engineer, Robotics
San Franciscofull timeOn Site$380k–$460kH1B: yes
OpenAI Control Systems Software Engineer, Robotics at OpenAI designs and implements real-time control algorithms for robotic systems. The role involves hands-on work with robots, tuning subsystems, and collaborating across mechanical, electrical, and software teams.
Responsibilities
- We’re looking for a Robotics Control Systems Engineer to take on a foundational role within our robotics team. You’ll help architect, implement, tune, and verify the control infrastructure that enables intelligent, reliable, and responsive robot behavior.
- This is a deeply hands-on role focused on real-time systems, actuation, dynamics, low-level hardware interaction, and whole-robot performance. You’ll spend significant time working directly with robots onsite: debugging behavior, tuning subsystems, running experiments, and providing feedback across mechanical, electrical, and software teams.
- This role is based in San Francisco, CA, and requires in-person 5 days a week.
- Design and implement real-time control algorithms for robotic systems, including motion control, feedback loops, state estimation, actuator control, and subsystem tuning.
- Define the control architecture from low-level actuators and hardware interfaces through whole-robot behavior and policy.
- Identify and characterize actuator, hardware, and software parameters through rigorous experimentation, testing, commissioning, and verification.
- Work with machine learning engineers to implement reinforcement learning models.
Company
OpenAI
View company page501-1000 employees
Artificial Intelligence
Founded 2015
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