Wireless Regulatory Engineer - SAR
Mountain View · San Francisco · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Sep 25, 2026
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Mountain View · San Francisco
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.
About the role
- The Wireless Regulatory Engineer will support RF exposure compliance for consumer hardware within the Consumer Devices team.
- This role involves working across RF, antenna, hardware, and software teams to ensure products meet regulatory requirements throughout the development lifecycle.
Responsibilities
- 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.
- Perform and analyze RF exposure measurements and communicate findings to cross-functional teams.
- Support product development from early prototypes through validation, certification, and production.
- Coordinate testing with external laboratories and review results and documentation.
- Translate regulatory requirements into practical engineering guidance.
- Partner with RF and antenna teams to balance regulatory requirements with product performance.
- Develop tools and workflows to improve testing efficiency, consistency, and data analysis.
- Investigate issues, identify root causes, and develop effective solutions.
- Support global regulatory certification activities for wireless consumer products.
Requirements
- 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.
- Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, RF Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Deep experience with SAR, RF exposure, or wireless regulatory testing.
- Strong understanding of RF fundamentals, measurement techniques, and wireless systems.
- Experience translating regulatory requirements into engineering and product decisions.
- Ability to perform hands-on testing, analyze complex measurement data, and troubleshoot hardware systems.
- Experience working with external test laboratories and supporting product certification.
- Ability to collaborate across RF, antenna, hardware, software, manufacturing, and operations teams.
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.
Benefits
- Relocation assistance
Workplace
- Based in Mountain View, CA.
- Hybrid work model of four days in the office per week.
Skills
- SAR
- RF Exposure
- Wireless Regulatory Testing
- RF Fundamentals
- Test Automation
- Data Analysis
