OpenAI

Technical Hardware Sourcer, Consumer Products

OpenAI

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

Tech Stack

RTOS

About the role

  • Leading targeted sourcing strategies to identify and engage candidates across the entire consumer products hiring slate (electrical, mechanical, industrial design, firmware, test & validation, manufacturing/DFM, supply chain engineering, test automation, etc.).
  • Building and maintaining a strong pipeline of passive candidates through proactive outreach, market mapping, research, and community/network development (OEMs, contract manufacturers, fabless companies, design consultancies, maker communities, conferences).
  • Partnering closely with hiring managers, product designers, and engineering leads to deeply understand role requirements, product milestones (prototyping → pilot → HVM), and refine sourcing approaches.
  • Creating focused search strategies (companies, keywords, channels, technical signals) for specialized roles such as SoC/PMIC engineers, RF/RFIC, power management, low-level firmware, and DFM/manufacturing engineers.
  • Leveraging advanced sourcing techniques and tools (Boolean, GitHub/Repo signals, patent/driven searches, trade shows, academic labs, conference programs) to surface exceptional candidates.
  • Representing OpenAI at industry events, hardware meetups, and conferences to promote our mission and build long-term talent relationships.
  • Ensuring a high-quality candidate experience and maintaining accurate, actionable candidate data and metrics in the ATS to inform prioritization and decision-making.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of technical sourcing experience with a demonstrated focus on consumer hardware, embedded software/firmware, or adjacent product engineering roles.
  • Proven success sourcing for consumer-product engineering roles (examples: embedded firmware/RTOS engineers, BSP/board bring-up, electrical/analog designers, PCB/layout, mechanical engineers, industrial designers, DFM/manufacturing engineers, test & validation).
  • Strong understanding of the consumer product development lifecycle (concept → prototyping → pilot → high-volume manufacturing) and how hiring needs shift across those phases.
  • Ability to translate complex technical requirements into effective sourcing signals and candidate evaluation criteria.
  • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; experience partnering with technical hiring managers and cross-functional product teams.
  • Proficiency with sourcing tools and platforms (LinkedIn Recruiter, ATS, GitHub, patent/search tools, boolean/semantic search techniques).
  • Metrics-driven mindset and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment.