Senior Research Engineer/Scientist - Edge, Consumer Products

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About the Team

The Consumer Products Research team is an Applied Research team 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 Consumer Products 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.

Responsibilities

• Train and evaluate multimodal state-of-the-art (SoTA) models along axes 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.
• Convert nascent research capabilities into practical capabilities that can be built on top of.
• Work closely with ML researchers, designers, and engineering teams (including GPU kernel engineers) to optimize model performance and deployment on constrained compute environments.

Requirements

• Research background adapting transformers to run in environments with significantly less compute than traditional GPUs and datacenter accelerators.
• Strong interest in performance optimization and collaboration with GPU/kernel engineers (CUDA experience is not required).
• Demonstrated ability to do rigorous, scientifically sound experimentation and analysis.
• Experience teaching models to speak and perceive (multimodal model work).
• Experience with model training and evaluation, model architecture development, and turning research prototypes into usable capabilities.

Benefits

• Salary range: $380,000 - $460,000 plus equity.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax accounts (Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, commuter accounts).
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Paid parental leave and additional paid medical/caregiver leave.
• Flexible PTO (exempt) and up to 15 days PTO for non-exempt employees, plus 13+ paid company holidays and office closures.
• Mental health and wellness support, employer-paid basic life and disability coverage.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits as eligible.
• Relocation support for eligible employees.

Location & Workplace

• Location: San Francisco, CA, United States.
• Workplace type: Hybrid (4 days in office per week).

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 AI capabilities and seek to safely deploy them through our products. OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.