Software - San Francisco About the Team OpenAI's mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Consumer Devices team is building a new generation of AI-powered products that seamlessly integrate hardware and software to create intuitiveative experiences. We bring together experts across embedded systems, machine learning, hardware, design, and product engineering to develop products at the intersection of AI and consumer technology. About the Role OpenAI is seeking a System Power Engineer to characterizeance, and system reliability. You will help establish the methodologies and metrics used to understand and improve power efficiency across real-world product experiencess, power instrumentation, and the analysis of power profiles and system behavior. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of four days per week in the office and one day working remotely. Relocation assistance is available for new hires. In this role, you will: Define and develop power testing automation to evaluate system behavior across a range of workloads and operating conditions. Measure subsystem-level power consumption using power breakout probes and other lab instrumentation. Develop and execute power characterization tests spanning basic workloads, complex mixed-use scenarios, and representative day-of-use experiences. Partner closely with Electrical Engineers to identify opportunities to improve system power efficiency. Collaborate with software engineering teams to optimize energy usage in scenarios that impact battery lifeance, and overall user experience. Define repeatable power benchmarks and measurement methodologies to assess launch readiness and track performance throughout the product lifecycle. You might thrive in this role if you have: Experience measuring and optimizing power consumption on embedded hardware platforms. Demonstrated experience designing and operating complex hardware-in-the-loop laboratories and orchestrating device testing at scale. Experience analyzing power profiles and correlating them with overall system performance. Experience collaborating cross-functionally with Electrical Engineering, embedded software, systems, and product teams. Experience defining repeatable power benchmarks and launch readiness metrics for hardware products. Strong proficiency in Python, experience in C/C++ Preferred Qualifications Familiarity with statistics, experimentation methodologies, or data science concepts. Experience performing subsystem-level power measurements using power breakout probes or similar lab instrumentation. Experience working with battery-powered consumer products and optimizing for battery lifeance. 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 the full spectrum of humanity. We are an equal opportunity employeration, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable lawation technology systems and related data security obligations. To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology. Compensation $347K - $385K + Offers Equity