{
  "id": 8213162,
  "title": "OpenAI is offering engineers up to $500,000 in salary as it pushes into robotics",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/openai-is-offering-engineers-up-to-500-000-in-salary-as-it-pushes",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-09-18T09:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/openai-is-offering-robotics-engineers-up-to-500-000-in-salary-2026-9"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "OpenAI is offering robotics engineers up to $500,000 a year. Its job listings offer clues about the company's robot ambitions.",
  "key_points": [
    "OpenAI offers up to $500K salary for robotics engineers",
    "27 robotics positions listed, up from 11 in May",
    "Machine-learning engineer role pays up to $500K"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}