Deployment Lead Semiconductors

AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.

Recently funded151 current maintainers88 active leads20 new active leads99 lead step-downs12 early lead departures
San Francisco, United States
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About the Role

You will lead end-to-end deployments for semiconductor customers. You will define technical delivery plans, coordinate execution, map engineering workflows, integrate solutions with customer systems, measure value, and turn field insights into reusable patterns.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of customer-facing technical delivery leadership.
  • Expertise in semiconductor workflows, including RTL design, verification, EDA tooling, and physical implementation.
  • Experience leading large, complex, high-stakes customer engagements.
  • Technical project management expertise.
  • Experience shipping AI or LLM systems.
  • Knowledge of solution patterns, integrations, and production pitfalls.

Responsibilities

  • Own technical delivery plans for interdependent workstreams.
  • Run day-to-day engineering execution and manage scope and priorities.
  • Embed with semiconductor customer teams to land production deployments and drive adoption.
  • Shape deployments that integrate with customer infrastructure, data systems, and engineering toolchains.
  • Partner with Product and Research to support deployment goals.
  • Codify solution patterns and evaluations.
  • Own value cases and ROI measurement.
  • Help define customer engagement for semiconductor customers.

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 expense 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, coordinated 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.