RTL & Co-design Engineer (junior)
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They are seeking a RTL Engineer to design and implement key compute components for their custom AI accelerator, collaborating closely with various teams to ensure efficient hardware structures. 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 to ensure hardware/software co-design and workload fit Partner with DV and PD to ensure functional correctness, timing closure, area/power targets, and clean integration Build and review performance and functional models to validate design intent Participate in design reviews, documentation, and bring-up support across the full silicon lifecycle Skills Graduate-level research or industry experience in computer architecture, AI/ML hardware–software co-design, including workload analysis, dataflow mapping, or accelerator algorithm optimization Expertise writing production-quality RTL in Verilog/SystemVerilog, with a track record of delivering complex blocks to tape-out Experience developing hardware design models or architectural simulators, ideally for AI/ML or high-performance compute systems Familiarity with industry-standard design tools (lint, CDC/RDC, synthesis, STA) and methodologies Ability to work cross-functionally with architecture, ML systems, compilers, and verification teams Strong problem-solving skills and ability to think across abstraction layers, from algorithms to circuits Passion for building industry-leading massive-scale hardware systems Benefits Relocation assistance Company Overview OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation. It was founded in 2015, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship OpenAI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2025, 1 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 18 in 2022, 10 in 2021, 6 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.