OpenAI
Hardware Platform Security Architect
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About the role
- Trusted Computing and Cryptography is a core security team at OpenAI focused on deploying high-performance cryptography at scale, secure key management, and trusted hardware enclaves-from boot measurements to GPU confidential computation.
- The Security team protects OpenAI's technology, people, and products.
- Our Security team tenets include: prioritizing for impact, enabling researchers, preparing for future transformative technologies, and engaging a robust security culture.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with hardware vendors and cross-functional teams (kernel, compiler, infra) to design secure hardware that meets performance and security needs.
- 10+ years of industry experience in hardware security or hardware-software co-design.
- Proven ability to collaborate across teams, architect solutions, and debug complex production systems.
- Collaborate with cross-functional silicon teams (Silicon Design, DV, FW) and silicon partners (silicon test facilities, foundries) to develop secure silicon that meets the end-to-end system requirements.
- Drive Innovation:
- Engage with internal and external partners to align hardware innovations with OpenAI's trusted computing and cryptographic requirements.
- As a Hardware Platform Security Architect, you'll own hardware platform security at OpenAI.
Requirements
- Strong coding skills in Rust and/or C/C++, with proficiency in Python.
- You might thrive in this role if you have:
Nice to have
- Advanced degree in Computer Architecture, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
- Familiarity with HPC, low-precision computing, and SIMD architectures.
- We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products.
- For additional information, please see OpenAI's Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement https://cdn.openai.com/policies/eeo-policy-statement.pdf.
- return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment
- In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
- To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form https://form.asana.com/?d=57018692298241&k=5MqR40fZd7jlxVUh5J-UeA.
- No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
Company info
- Security is at the foundation of OpenAI's mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.
- We are technical in what we build but are operational in how we do our work, and are committed to supporting all products and research at OpenAI.
- Our Security team tenets include:
- prioritizing for impact, enabling researchers, preparing for future transformative technologies, and engaging a robust security culture.
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