GoKawiilOpenAI expands robotics hiring to 27 roles, offers up to $500,000 base pay
OpenAI now lists 27 open robotics positions on its careers page, more than double the 11 postings seen in May, spanning hardware, software, data and prototyping work. Base salaries range from $177,000 to $500,000 before equity and bonuses, with the top-paying role focused on building infrastructure to process robotics training data at scale.
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The scale and pay of these postings suggest OpenAI is significantly deepening its investment in physical robotics rather than just software AI, which could signal a strategic pivot toward embodied AI systems. Cornell professor Guy Hoffman's comment that OpenAI appears to be building a 'custom robot design team' implies the company may be moving toward developing its own robot hardware rather than relying solely on partners.
- OpenAI's robotics job listings grew from 11 in May to 27 currently.
- Base salaries range from $177,000 to $500,000, with the top role paying up to $500,000 for data infrastructure work.
- An academic expert suggests the hiring pattern points to OpenAI building an in-house custom robot design team.
Source: entrepreneur.com — Sherin Shibu, 2026-09-23
Published there as: “OpenAI Will Pay You a $500,000 Salary Plus Equity for This Futuristic Job”
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