# Connectivity Software Engineer, Consumer Devices at Openai

- Company: Openai (openai.com)
- Location: San Francisco (remote)
- Places: San Francisco, Remote, United States
- Posted: 2025-10-16
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/9b2c68f2-5ce8-44f9-a30c-d8016ac66d86
- Page: https://ye.saranatour.dev/jobs/connectivity-software-engineer-consumer-devices-openai-kn7cx48k2cz28eejfw8za157v58hak67

## The posting

Connectivity Software Engineer, Consumer Devices
Openai · San Francisco

**About the Team**
The **Connectivity Software Engineering** team is responsible for enabling seamless, secure, and high-performance wireless connectivity across OpenAI’s products. We design and optimize Bluetooth, BLE, Wi-Fi, and emerging wireless technologies to ensure robust device pairing, network performance, and interoperability. Our work spans kernel drivers, system services, and user-level tools, with a focus on real-world performance, scalability, and reliability.

**About the Role**
OpenAI is seeking a **Connectivity Software Engineer** to design, implement, and optimize wireless connectivity features across our product ecosystem. You’ll work at the intersection of systems software, wireless standards, and hardware integration—building robust pairing and provisioning flows, debugging low-level protocols, and driving performance under real-world RF constraints. You will also support certification, field interoperability, and fleet-scale connectivity infrastructure.

This role is based in **San Francisco, CA**. We use a **hybrid work model of 4 days in the office per week** and offer **relocation assistance** to new employees.

**In this role, you will:**

- Design, implement, and debug Bluetooth/BLE and Wi-Fi features across kernel drivers, BlueZ/wpa\_supplicant/hostapd, and systemd/D-Bus services
- Deliver robust pairing, bonding, and provisioning flows (GATT/GAP, LE Audio/LC3, WPA3/802.1X, captive portals, NAN)
- Optimize link performance: throughput, latency, jitter, roaming, coexistence (BT↔Wi-Fi), and power modes (TWT, WoWLAN)
- Build reliable network management using NetworkManager/nmcli, nl80211/cfg80211/mac80211, DNS/DHCP/mDNS, P2P/SoftAP
- Instrument and analyze with packet captures and tooling (btmon/hcidump, Wireshark, iperf, eBPF/perf, spectrum sniffers)
- Drive interoperability and certification readiness (Bluetooth SIG, Wi-Fi Alliance) and resolve field issues with root-cause fixes
- Contribute to OTA-safe configuration, telemetry, and diagnostics for fleet-scale operation

**You might thrive in this role if you:**

- Have deep experience shipping wireless features on Linux-based products
- Are highly proficient in C/C++ with scripting experience (Python or shell) and systems debugging (gdb, strace, logs, packet traces)
- Possess deep knowledge of Bluetooth Classic/BLE (HCI, L2CAP, GATT/GAP, profiles) and Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax, WPA2/3, nl80211, NAN)
- Bring hands-on experience with BlueZ, wpa\_supplicant/hostapd, NetworkManager, and driver bring-up on ARM64 or x86 platforms
- Have a proven track record of improving real-world performance and reliability under RF constraints

**Preferred qualifications:**

- Experience with LE Audio (LC3), BLE Mesh, advanced roaming (802.11k/v/r), QoS/WMM, multicast/IGMP
- Coexistence tuning across radios (BT/Wi-Fi/UWB/mmWave) and antenna/RF fundamentals with test equipment workflows
- Familiarity with UWB (IEEE 802.15.4z, FiRa) ranging/integration; mmWave/Wi-Gig (802.11ad/ay)
- Experience with security and provisioning at scale (EAP-TLS, device identity, secure boot, disk/network hardening)
- Background in building factory test, interoperability, and certification test plans; upstream/open-source contributions

**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 the capabi