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Machine Learning Engineer, Multimodal Perception and Authentication

OpenAI· Consumer Devices
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Hybrid (San Francisco)Full-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Machine learning engineer role focused on multimodal perception and authentication, integrating signals from cameras, microphones, and other sensors to advance perception systems for future OpenAI products.

Responsibilities

  • Research and develop multimodal perception and authentication methods across visual, audio, and other sensing signals
  • Explore how specialized perception models and larger multimodal models can work together
  • Design data, training, and evaluation approaches that improve performance in real-world conditions
  • Study model behavior, robustness, and failure modes across sensing, data, and deployment environments
  • Integrate and validate new capabilities in real-time or resource-constrained systems
  • Work with hardware, firmware, software, and product teams to turn research into working systems.

Qualifications

  • Strong background in computer vision, audio or speech machine learning, multimodal learning, or sensing
  • Experience developing specialized machine learning models, larger multimodal models, or both
  • Experience bringing research ideas into practical systems, prototypes, or products
  • Ability to design experiments, build evaluations, and investigate model behavior
  • Experience with sensing hardware, real-time systems, or other deployment constraints
  • Proficiency in Python and PyTorch; comfortable with C++ or systems integration
  • Experience with authentication, biometrics, or other privacy-sensitive applications
  • Enjoys working across disciplines on research problems that are still taking shape.

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
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • 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
Last updated Aug 27, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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