Wireless Regulatory Engineer - SAR

Department: Consumer Devices

Location: Mountain View, San Francisco

Compensation: $318K – $423K • Offers Equity

Employment Type: FullTime

Wireless Regulatory Engineer – SAR

About the Team

The Consumer Devices team at OpenAI builds products that bring advanced AI capabilities into thoughtfully designed consumer experiences. We work across hardware, software, design, and research to develop reliable products from early exploration through production.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Wireless Regulatory Engineer to support RF exposure compliance for consumer hardware. You’ll work closely with RF, antenna, hardware, software, and regulatory teams throughout the product development lifecycle, helping ensure products meet applicable requirements while maintaining a high bar for performance and user experience.

This role is based in Mountain View, CA. We use a hybrid work model of four days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and execute RF exposure test and validation strategies for consumer wireless products.

• Partner with engineering teams to evaluate product designs and identify potential compliance risks throughout development.

• Perform and analyze RF exposure measurements and communicate findings clearly to cross-functional teams.

• Support product development from early prototypes through validation, certification, and production.

• Coordinate testing with external laboratories and review results and supporting documentation.

• Translate applicable regulatory requirements into practical engineering guidance.

• Partner with RF and antenna teams to balance regulatory requirements with product performance.

• Develop tools and workflows that improve testing efficiency, consistency, and data analysis.

• Investigate issues, identify root causes, and work with engineering teams to develop effective solutions.

• Support global regulatory certification activities for wireless consumer products.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Have a Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, RF Engineering, or a related technical field.

• Bring deep experience with SAR, RF exposure, or wireless regulatory testing.

• Have a strong understanding of RF fundamentals, measurement techniques, and wireless systems.

• Have experience translating regulatory requirements into engineering and product decisions.

• Are comfortable performing hands-on testing, analyzing complex measurement data, and troubleshooting hardware systems.

• Have experience working with external test laboratories and supporting product certification.

• Collaborate effectively across RF, antenna, hardware, software, manufacturing, and operations teams.

• Are comfortable working in fast-moving, ambiguous product development environments.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in SAR, RF exposure, wireless regulatory engineering, or a closely related field.

• Experience supporting consumer hardware from prototype through mass production.

• Experience with wireless products incorporating multiple radios and connectivity technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing test automation or data-analysis tools.

• Experience supporting regulatory approvals across multiple global markets.

• Experience working on products that integrate hardware, firmware, and software.

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 capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

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 capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

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