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Operating Systems Engineer, Linux Kernel | Consumer Devices

San Francisco💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-21 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design, develop, and maintain Linux kernel subsystems and userspace interfaces for OpenAI's next-generation consumer AI devices.

Role type

Senior IC Operating Systems Engineer (Linux Kernel)

Builds

Custom silicon, embedded systems, and operating system platforms for consumer devices

Domain

Consumer electronics, embedded systems, Linux kernel development

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Linux kernel subsystem development, C programming, kernel concurrency and synchronization, memory management, userspace-kernel interface design, system debugging and profiling

Preferred skills

Rust for systems programming, Linux kernel community contribution, cross-system solution ownership, performance/power tradeoff analysis

Technologies

Linux kernel, C, Rust

Responsibilities

Design and implement Linux kernel subsystem changes; build kernel and userspace interfaces; debug complex system behavior; develop tests and workloads to validate performance and reliability; partner with hardware and firmware engineers; contribute sustainable kernel changes upstream

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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