10 OpenAI hardware engineers
Hardware engineers, members of technical staff in hardware engineering and silicon implementation, and the vice president for hardware are among these OpenAI hardware engineers. A reader can learn what hardware engineering at OpenAI involves from people who have done it.
Professionals to explore
Andrew Kotite
LinkedInExperience: Hardware Engineer · OpenAI
Andrew Kotite has been a Hardware Engineer at OpenAI since August 2026. Andrew Kotite's listing also shows Senior Robotics Hardware Engineer at Amazon from 2023 to 2026, Senior Hardware Development Engineer at Amazon Lab126 from 2017 to 2023 and Avionics Engineer at SpaceX from 2016 to 2017.
Christopher Schwab
LinkedInExperience: Member of Technical Staff · OpenAI
Christopher Schwab has been a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI since July 2025, with the profile headline Hardware Engineer, OpenAI. Christopher Schwab's listing also shows Senior Electrical Design Engineer at Skydio from 2022 to 2025 and iPhone Hardware Systems Integration Engineer at Apple from 2017 to 2021.
Daniel Morizio
LinkedInExperience: Member of Technical Staff · OpenAI
Daniel Morizio has been a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI since August 2025, with the profile headline Hardware Engineer, OpenAI. Daniel Morizio's listing also shows iPhone System HW Manager at Apple from 2022 to 2025 and Technical Lead at Apple from 2015 to 2022, and the profile describes electrical design and verification of iPhone main logic boards.
Kaushik Vaidyanathan
LinkedInExperience: Member of Technical Staff · OpenAI
Kaushik Vaidyanathan has been a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI since May 2024, with the profile headline Silicon Implementation at OpenAI. Kaushik Vaidyanathan's listing also shows Senior Staff Silicon Engineer at Google from 2018 to 2024 and Research Scientist at Intel Labs from 2015 to 2018.
Nicholas Ruhter
LinkedInExperience: Hardware Engineer · OpenAI
Nicholas Ruhter has been a Hardware Engineer at OpenAI since November 2025. Nicholas Ruhter's listing also shows MacBook Air Hardware Manager at Apple from 2021 to 2025, iPhone System Hardware Engineer at Apple from 2015 to 2021 and iMac System Hardware Technical Lead at Apple from 2011 to 2015.
Noah Sedlik
LinkedInExperience: Member of Technical Staff · OpenAI
Noah Sedlik has been a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI since March 2026, with the profile headline Hardware & Systems Engineer @ OpenAI, and the profile describes Noah Sedlik as a computer hardware engineer at OpenAI. The listing also shows Head Teaching Assistant | CS 61C Machine Structure at UC Berkeley EECS in 2025.
R. Ho
LinkedInExperience: VP, Hardware · OpenAI
R. Ho has been VP, Hardware at OpenAI since July 2026 and was Head of Hardware at OpenAI from 2023 to 2026. R. Ho's listing also shows Senior Vice President, Silicon and Software Engineering at Lightmatter in 2023 and VP, Hardware Engineering at Lightmatter from 2022 to 2023, and the headline lists ML for chip design and ex-Google TPU.
Ravi Sekar Vijayakumar
LinkedInExperience: Hardware Engineer · OpenAI
Ravi Sekar Vijayakumar has been a Hardware Engineer at OpenAI since May 2025, with the profile headline AI Chips @ OpenAI. Ravi Sekar Vijayakumar's listing also shows Hardware Engineer at Google from 2020 to 2025, Principal IC Design Engineer at Broadcom from 2012 to 2020 and Sr. Design Engr. at Arm from 2010 to 2012.
Reza Ghaffarivardavagh
LinkedInExperience: Member of Technical Staff-Hardware Engineering · OpenAI
Reza Ghaffarivardavagh has been Member of Technical Staff-Hardware Engineering at OpenAI since May 2025. Reza Ghaffarivardavagh's listing also shows Acoustic Transducer Engineer at Apple from 2021 to 2025 and Research Scientist at MIT Media Lab from 2020 to 2021.
Xiaoming Yu
LinkedInExperience: Member of Technical Staff · OpenAI
Xiaoming Yu has been a Member of Technical Staff at OpenAI since May 2025, and the profile headline reads Hardware Engineer. Xiaoming Yu's listing also shows Architect at SambaNova from 2022 to 2025, Hardware Engineer at Google from 2018 to 2022 and Senior Staff Engineer at Huawei from 2014 to 2016.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's hardware specialty, such as chips and silicon, electrical system design or acoustics, to the question you want answered. The relevance lines name earlier employers, so pick someone whose background matches the kind of hardware you work on.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does hardware engineering work differ at an AI company from a consumer electronics or chip company?
- 02What does a typical week look like in your hardware role?
- 03Which skills from your earlier hardware roles have mattered most in your current work?
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