Technical Sourcer

You'll Be Responsible For

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).

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.

You Might Thrive In This Role If You :

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.

Hands-on familiarity with prototyping workflows, supply-chain / geographical hiring considerations (manufacturing ecosystem), or regulatory compliance signals (FCC / CE).

Experience recruiting for global manufacturing and supply-chain roles.

Technical degree or relevant hands-on experience in hardware or embedded systems.

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.

At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.