OpenAI is offering engineers up to $500,000 in salary as it pushes into robotics
OpenAI is offering robotics engineers up to $500,000 a year. Its job listings offer clues about the company's robot ambitions.
OpenAI is recruiting engineers to work on robotics, offering up to $500,000 in base salaries for the positions. The company has listed 27 robotics jobs on its careers page, a significant increase from 11 roles in May. These roles span hardware, software, data collection, and prototyping. Salaries range from $177,000 to $500,000, depending on the specific position.
OpenAI is looking to build robot hardware, data systems, and AI in-house. The highest-paying role is for a machine-learning engineer working on distributed data systems, with a base salary of up to $500,000. Some of the roles include actuator design engineers, lab technicians, and a lawyer dedicated to the robotics team. OpenAI's robotics team is led by Aditya Ramesh, who has experience creating AI image and video generators.
The company's return to robotics comes as there is a growing investment in physical AI, with OpenAI also developing robots for household tasks and potentially for data center applications.
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