OpenAI

RTL & Codesign Engineer

Job Description

Posted on: 
2026-03-07

Responsibilities

  • Produce clean, production-quality microarchitecture and RTL for major accelerator subsystems.
  • Contribute to architectural studies including performance modeling and feasibility analysis.
  • Collaborate with software, simulator, and compiler teams for hardware/software co-design.
  • Partner with DV and PD to ensure functional correctness, timing closure, and area/power targets.
  • Build and review performance and functional models to validate design intent.
  • Participate in design reviews, documentation, and bring-up support across the silicon lifecycle.
  • Engage in cross-functional collaboration with architecture, ML systems, compilers, and verification teams.

Job Requirements

  • Graduate-level research or industry experience in computer architecture and AI/ML hardware–software co-design.
  • Expertise in writing production-quality RTL in Verilog/SystemVerilog.
  • Experience in developing hardware design models or architectural simulators for AI/ML systems.
  • Familiarity with industry-standard design tools and methodologies.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think across abstraction layers.
  • Passion for building industry-leading massive-scale hardware systems.
  • Ability to comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations.
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