Manufacturing Test Engineer

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

41 current maintainers27 active leads7 new active leads120 lead step-downs17 early lead departures
San Francisco, United States
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About the Role

You will own manufacturing test strategy, development, and execution for complex AI hardware, defining test coverage across ICT, functional circuit test, tray-level test, and system test. You will work with hardware, diagnostics/software, manufacturing, quality, integrators, and suppliers to build production-ready test solutions, analyze test data, debug failures, improve yield, and ensure test readiness through volume production.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Computer, or Manufacturing Engineering or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years in manufacturing test, product test, or NPI test development
  • Experience with ICT, functional test, tray or system-level test, diagnostics, or fixtures on servers or AI accelerators
  • Experience working with contract manufacturers, JDMs, integrators, or test equipment vendors
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills with test data and yield analysis
  • Cross-functional collaboration skills

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive manufacturing test strategy across EVT, DVT, PVT, and production ramp
  • Develop and manage test coverage for ICT, FCT, tray-level, and system-level test
  • Define test requirements with electrical, system, and diagnostic/software teams
  • Review and approve test plans, pass/fail criteria, and release gates
  • Implement and qualify test stations, fixtures, and automation with integrators, JDMs, and vendors
  • Analyze test results, yield trends, and failure paretos to drive corrective actions
  • Debug manufacturing test failures cross-functionally
  • Drive continuous improvement of test processes
  • Ensure test readiness for new product introduction
  • Help establish manufacturing test standards and best practices