167 research jobs found in San Francisco, CA

About the Team OpenAI's Hardware organization develops silicon and system-level solutions designed for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads. The team is responsible for building the next generation of AI silicon while working closely with software and research partners to co-design hardware tightly integrated with AI models. In addition to delivering production-grade silicon for OpenAI's supercomputing infrastructure, the team also creates custom design tools and methodologies that accelerate innovation and enable hardware optimized specifically for AI. About the Role We're seeking a Research-Hardware Codesign Engineer to operate at the boundary between model research and silicon/system architecture. You'll help shape the numerics, architecture, and technology bets of future OpenAI silicon in collaboration with both Research and Hardware. Your work will include debugging gaps between rooflines and reality, writing quantization kernels, derisking numerics via model...

About the Team OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. Our Communications team’s ethos is to support OpenAI's mission and goals by clearly and authentically explaining our technology, values, and approach to safely building powerful AI. About the Role OpenAI is seeking an experienced communications professional to join our Platform & Research Communications team. This role will work closely with the Research Communications Lead and in partnership with applied and engineering teams to shape how OpenAI’s scientific work is understood by researchers, journalists, policymakers, and the broader public. This position is responsible for developing and executing external communications strategies around OpenAI’s research—from foundational model advances to applied science collaborations—ensuring accuracy, nuance, and alignment with OpenAI’s long-term goals. The ideal candidate brings strong science or technical...

About the Team Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and pushing toward AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world settings. Working across the entire model stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors. We strive to seamlessly blend high-level AI capabilities with the constraints of physical systems to improve peoples’ lives. About the Role As a SLAM / Multi-View Geometry Engineer on the Robotics team, you will develop systems that enable robots to perceive, track, and reconstruct the world in 3D from multi-camera and multimodal sensor data. You will work on real-time and offline SLAM pipelines used during teleoperation and robot data collection, as well as scalable systems for reconstructing and tracking 3D structure from large datasets. We’re looking for people who combine strong fundamentals in computer vision with practical experience building robust perception systems. The...

About the Team The Future of Computing Research team is an Applied Research team within the Consumer Devices group focused on developing new methods and models to support our vision as we advance forward in our mission of building AGI that benefits all of humanity. About the Role As a Research Engineer/Scientist on the Future of Computing Research team, you will work together with both the best ML researchers in the world and the greatest design talent of our generation to push the frontier of model capabilities. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We follow a hybrid model with 4 days a week in the office and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role you will: Train and evaluate multimodal SoTA models along axis that are important to our vision for future devices. Develop novel architectures that improve model performance when scaling the models themselves is not an option. Run through the necessary walls to take nascent research capabilities and...

About the Team The Future of Computing Research team is an applied research team within the Consumer Devices group focused on developing new methods, models, and evaluation frameworks that support our vision for the future of computing. We work at the frontier of multimodal AI, helping turn emerging model capabilities into product experiences that are useful, delightful, and worthy of long-term trust. Our work explores a new class of AI systems that can learn over time, adapt to individuals, and support people in the flow of daily life. This includes long-term memory, user modeling, and personalization systems that are aligned not just with immediate satisfaction, but with a person's broader goals, values, and well-being. We work closely across research, engineering, design, product, and safety to define what it means to build AI systems that know you over time, act at the right moment, and help in ways that are context-aware, respectful, and demonstrably beneficial. About...

About the Team The Future of Computing Research team is an Applied Research team within the Consumer Devices group focused on developing new methods and models to support our vision for the future of computing as we advance forward in our mission of building AGI that benefits all of humanity. About the Role As a Research Engineer/Scientist on the Future of Computing Research team, you will work together with both the best ML researchers in the world and the greatest design talent of our generation to push the frontier of model capabilities. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We follow a hybrid model with 4 days a week in the office and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role you will: Train and evaluate SoTA models along axis that are important to our vision for future devices. Run through the necessary walls to take nascent research capabilities and turn them into capabilities we can build on top of. Help define how software works for decades...

About the Team OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. The team comprises professionals from diverse fields, including technology, AI, privacy, IP, corporate, employment, tax law, regulatory, and litigation. About the Role As a member of our AI Product Counsel team focusing on research, you will assist with legal initiatives related to our advanced AI models and technologies. You'll partner closely with researchers and engineers to help them plan, develop, and align models such as GPT-5, as well as our future research roadmap. This is a unique opportunity to engage directly with the forefront of the legal and AI fields. This role reports to our lead counsel for AI Research. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer...

About the Team The Research team at OpenAI advances the frontier of artificial intelligence by developing new models, algorithms, and learning paradigms that push toward safe and beneficial AGI. Our researchers work across a wide range of domains including multimodal learning, reasoning, robotics, alignment, and large-scale foundation models, collaborating closely with engineering and product teams to translate research breakthroughs into real-world impact. About the Role As a Research Scientist at OpenAI, you will develop novel machine learning methods and contribute to advancing the research agenda of the team you join. You will work on discovering simple, scalable, and generalizable ideas that improve model capabilities and help shape a unified long-term research vision across the organization. We're looking for people who are excited to pursue ambitious research problems, operate independently, and collaborate deeply with interdisciplinary teams to bring cutting-edge...

About Sandia Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs: Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide Extraordinary co-workers Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world Career advancement and enrichment opportunities Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home) Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance* World-changing technologies....

About the Team The Synthetic RL team develops reinforcement learning methods that leverage synthetic data, environments, and feedback to train and evaluate frontier AI models. The team explores approaches such as self-play, simulators, and other synthetic evaluations to push model capability, generalization, and alignment beyond what is possible with the current prevailing methodology. About the Role As a Research Scientist on the Synthetic RL team, you will develop novel reinforcement learning techniques that use synthetic environments and feedback to improve large-scale models. You'll work closely with other researchers to design experiments, analyze learning dynamics, and translate research insights into training approaches used in production systems. We're looking for researchers who enjoy working on open-ended problems, value fast iteration, and want their work to directly shape how frontier models are trained. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a...

About Sandia Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs: Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide Extraordinary co-workers Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world Career advancement and enrichment opportunities Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home) Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance* World-changing technologies....

About Sandia Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs: Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide Extraordinary co-workers Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world Career advancement and enrichment opportunities Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home) Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance* World-changing technologies....

About Sandia Sandia National Laboratories is the nation's premier science and engineering lab for national security and technology innovation, with teams of specialists focused on cutting-edge work in a broad array of areas. Some of the main reasons we love our jobs: Challenging work with amazing impact that contributes to security, peace, and freedom worldwide Extraordinary co-workers Some of the best tools, equipment, and research facilities in the world Career advancement and enrichment opportunities Flexible work arrangements for many positions include 9/80 (work 80 hours every two weeks, with every other Friday off) and 4/10 (work 4 ten-hour days each week) compressed workweeks, part-time work, and telecommuting (a mix of onsite work and working from home) Generous vacation, strong medical and other benefits, competitive 401k, learning opportunities, relocation assistance and amenities aimed at creating a solid work/life balance* World-changing technologies....

About the Team OpenAI's Applied AI org is the product development arm of the company, bringing the power of advanced AI models to the world via APIs and user-interface products (ChatGPT,Codex, etc). The Product Ops team is responsible for providing operational expertise and leverage for product teams bringing solutions to market, and streamlining and automating org operations and information channels (across Applied and with adjacent functions) to set strong foundations for collaboration at scale. About the Role This Product Operations Manager role is for a senior IC. Our ideal candidate has deep experience in Product Operations at one or more scaling tech companies, working very closely with Product/Engineering and XFN partners on both central systems (e.g., launch calendar / launch readiness) and bringing products to market by running betas and launch activities. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer...

About the Team OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering our mission by tackling innovative and fundamental legal issues in AI. The team includes professionals with expertise spanning technology, privacy, IP, corporate, employment, tax law, regulatory, and litigation. If you're passionate about meaningful and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. About the Role We're looking for an experienced employment lawyer to support a growing volume of complex employment matters as OpenAI scales globally. This role will focus on advising on employment law issues across jurisdictions, supporting the People team, and building scalable processes for legal support as we expand. This role is based in San Francisco, CA . We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Advise on a broad range of employment legal matters, including international employment law....

About the Team OpenAI's User Operations team shepherds our customers' adoption of AI and ensures that our customers' product experience is nothing short of exceptional.We are building the very first post-AGI support team.We resolve complex issues, provide technical guidance, and support customers in maximizing value and adoption from deploying our products. We work closely with Sales, Technical Success, Product, Engineering and others, to deliver the best possible experience to our customers at scale. OpenAI's customers represent a range of diverse backgrounds and maturity, from early-stage startups to established global enterprises. About the Role We are looking for dedicated, experienced, and passionate individuals to help solve some of the most difficult problems faced by our customers and build our post-AGI support team with us. In this role, you will interact directly with customers through support tickets and Slack messages, troubleshooting complex issues and resolving...

About the Team At OpenAI, our Trust, Safety & Risk Operations teams safeguard our products, users, and the company from abuse, fraud, scams, regulatory non-compliance, and other emerging risks. We operate at the intersection of operations, compliance, user trust, and safety working closely with Legal, Policy, Engineering, Product, Go-To-Market, and external partners to ensure our platforms are safe, compliant, and trusted by a diverse, global user base. The Global Safety Response Operations team within the org provides 24/7 coverage for user safety, risk, and regulatory escalations across OpenAI's products, handling the highest-priority cases that require human judgment and rapid response. The team operates as the core escalations management and delivery arm of OpenAI's safety operations, ensuring that our products remain safe and aligned with our policies while enabling timely, empathetic, and consistent user support. About the Role We're looking for experience...

About the Team OpenAI's AI Deployment Manager team partners with the world's most ambitious organizations to help them turn cutting-edge AI capabilities into everyday impact. We specialize in technical enablement and adoption, guiding customers through how to effectively use OpenAI's products across teams, workflows, and stages of maturity. Our work spans structured workshops, technical enablement, and adoption programs that help customers move from initial exposure to confident, scalable use. We work closely with Sales, AI Success Engineers, Solutions Engineering, and Product to ensure customers are not only enabled, but set up for long-term success as OpenAI's platform evolves. Our customers range from fast-growing digital natives to the largest global enterprises, government agencies, and educational institutions. Every engagement is an opportunity to ensure that AI benefits the way people work, build, and innovate. This role sits at the center of that mission. About the...

About the Team At OpenAI, our Compliance team is dedicated to fostering a culture of integrity and adherence to regulatory and legal requirements. We collaborate closely with Legal, Security, People, Finance, and operational teams to ensure our compliance programs support the organization's mission while mitigating risk in a rapidly evolving AI landscape. About the Role The Compliance Program Manager will play a key role in building and scaling OpenAI's compliance program-translating requirements into practical processes, driving program execution, and improving how we detect, assess, and mitigate compliance risk. You'll help run the day-to-day operational backbone of the program (e.g., disclosures, training, investigations tracking, controls, and reporting) and partner cross-functionally to keep the program effective as the company grows. This role represents an exciting opportunity to innovate compliance operations using the latest AI technology. This role reports to...

About the Team The Core Services organization builds and runs the mission-critical online services that product teams rely on in production. We own foundational distributed systems and platform capabilities that enable reliable execution, high-performance services, and large-scale file/data needs across our products. This team is distinct from developer infrastructure and data infrastructure-our focus is production service foundations and core runtime services. About the Role We're hiring an Engineering Manager, Core Services to help lead teams responsible for highly reliable, high-scale distributed systems that sit on the critical path for OpenAI products. Your team will own foundational production systems that OpenAI's product engineering teams build on. You'll collaborate closely with product and infrastructure partners to ship reliable services quickly, and help scale systems and teams as OpenAI grows. You'll partner closely with senior engineering leaders to scale the...