ASIC Firmware Engineer, Modeling
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-native silicon while working closely with software and research partners to co-design hardware tightly integr
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ASIC Firmware Engineer, Modeling at OpenAI in San Francisco. UpJobz keeps this listing high-signal for applicants targeting serious high-tech roles across the United States, Canada, and Mexico. 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-native silicon while working closely with software and research partners to co-design hardware tightly integr
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- Design and implement drivers for hardware peripherals, including those related to AI chips.
- Design and implement functional software models to simulate SoC uncore logic and enable FW testing against the model
- Design and implement low-latency and high throughput embedded SW to manage HW resources.
- Work with adjacent software and hardware teams to implement requirements, debug issues and shape future generations of the hardware.
- Collaborate with vendors to integrate their technologies within our systems.
- Bring up and debug firmware/driver on new platforms.
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- Collaborate with vendors to integrate their technologies within our systems.
- Bring up and debug firmware/driver on new platforms.
- Come up with processes and debug issues raised in the field.
- Set up monitoring, integration testing and diagnostics tools.
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