Datacenter Networking Technician AI Compute Deployment Stargate
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
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About OpenAI
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.
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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead physical network infrastructure deployment at a partner-operated data center campus and future OpenAI campuses. You will inspect installations, assist with cable routing and termination, conduct fiber testing, troubleshoot network physical-layer issues, contribute field feedback to designs, and create deployment standards and documentation.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in large-scale data center network deployment, structured cabling, or physical-layer installation.
- Knowledge of fiber and copper plant design, cabling standards, and hyperscale network practices.
- Ability to perform field work and resolve installation and testing issues.
- Ability to adapt to changing build conditions and learn networking technologies.
- Communication skills for working with construction, engineering, and operations teams.
- Ability to be based at a partner campus during the initial build phase and travel to future data center projects.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical lead technician during the campus build.
- Partner on design reviews, installation plans, and acceptance criteria.
- Inspect installations and assist with cable routing and termination.
- Conduct fiber testing, including OTDR, power-level, and continuity testing.
- Troubleshoot cabling routes, patching, and equipment turn-up.
- Contribute field feedback to structured-cabling and physical-network-layout reviews.
- Develop engineering standards, as-built documentation, and deployment playbooks.
- Lead physical-layer network deployment from design through commissioning for future expansions.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families with employer Health Savings Account contributions.
- Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts.
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
- Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave.
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees or up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees.
- 13+ paid company holidays, paid office closures, and paid sick or safe time.
- Mental health and wellness support.
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage.
- Daily office meals and eligible meal-delivery credits.
- Relocation support for eligible employees.
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may be provided.
