Engineering Technician Actuators
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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 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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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will assemble, inspect, test, troubleshoot, and rework custom electromechanical actuator hardware. You will work from drawings and procedures, maintain traceable build and test records, improve instructions and fixtures, and follow safety, ESD, cleanliness, and quality practices.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience building or testing mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical hardware
- Ability to work from drawings, bills of materials, wiring diagrams, and procedures
- Experience using hand tools, torque tools, and measurement equipment
- Methodical troubleshooting and documentation skills
- Ability to maintain build quality and records while adapting to changing designs
Responsibilities
- Assemble actuator subassemblies and complete actuators from drawings, bills of materials, and work instructions
- Set up and run mechanical and electrical tests
- Support stator winding, insulation, termination, bonding, inspection, and rework
- Troubleshoot build and test issues with engineers
- Maintain build and test records, traceability, inspection results, and rework history
- Improve work instructions, fixtures, tooling, and parts organization
- Follow safety, ESD, cleanliness, and quality practices
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer Health Savings Account contributions
- Pre-tax health, dependent-care, parking, and transit accounts
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave
- Flexible PTO or up to 15 days annually, depending on exemption status
- Paid holidays, office closures, and sick or safe time
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Daily office meals and eligible meal-delivery credits
- Relocation support for eligible employees
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may be provided
