Physical Network & Structured Cabling Engineer
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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About the Role
You will own the design, implementation and quality assurance of structured cabling and physical network infrastructure across global data centers. You'll specify fiber and copper cabling, network rooms and pathways, set standards and reference designs, direct design consultants and installation contractors, lead design reviews and site inspections, and troubleshoot during build and commissioning. Frequent travel to global data center sites is expected.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years designing and delivering physical network infrastructure and structured cabling for large-scale data centers
- Strong understanding of data center network topologies and high-speed optical connectivity
- Expertise in ANSI/TIA, BICSI and related structured cabling standards
- Proven ability to coordinate with cross-functional teams and external vendors
- Strong skills reviewing technical drawings, cable schedules, and documentation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Willingness to travel frequently to global data center sites
Responsibilities
- Design and specify physical network infrastructure across data center buildings and campuses
- Develop standards, reference designs, and installation guidelines for structured cabling
- Translate logical network architectures into scalable physical designs
- Provide technical direction to design consultants, cabling vendors, and installation contractors
- Define installation quality and acceptance criteria and oversee inspection, testing, commissioning, and turnover
- Lead physical network design reviews, clash detection, and site inspections
- Troubleshoot issues during build, commissioning, and handover
- Develop and maintain physical network documentation
- Provide feedback to drive continuous improvement of physical network standards
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer HSA contributions
- Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents)
- Paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees; up to 15 days for non-exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays and coordinated office closures
- Paid sick or safe time
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
- Relocation support
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends
- Performance-related bonus