# Wireless Regulatory Engineer - SAR

**Company**: OpenAI
**Location**: Mountain View, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: $318K – $423K
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124605186

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## Description

## Compensation

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts

- Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)

- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match

- Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)

- Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees

- 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)

- Mental health and wellness support

- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage

- Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth

- Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible

- Relocation support for eligible employees

- Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

## 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.

## Skills

### Required
- RF exposure
- wireless regulatory testing
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- RF Engineering

### Nice to have
- test automation
- data-analysis tools
- regulatory approvals

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