Product Manufacturing Engineer - PCBA
OpenAIVisit OpenAI website
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
49 current maintainers29 active leads5 new active leads117 lead step-downs16 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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About the Role
You will drive manufacturing strategy and execution for next-gen AI hardware with a focus on PCBA assembly, process development and production readiness. You will work with design, systems, operations, TPMs and contract manufacturers, resolve production risks, and establish processes and controls to deliver at scale.
Requirements
- Track record taking complex hardware from prototype through NPI and high-volume manufacturing
- Deep experience with PCBA manufacturing, assembly, test, yield and quality
- Familiarity with PCBA assembly and rework processes
- Experience with multinational JDMs, CMs and suppliers
- Understanding of manufacturing for high-density, high-power, high-speed compute systems
- Experience driving development timelines for new platform introductions
- Skill analyzing manufacturing and test data
- May need to meet legal status requirements under U.S. export control laws
Responsibilities
- Drive manufacturing and quality initiatives through NPI, launch and scale
- Lead manufacturing process development for AI hardware systems
- Own PCBA manufacturing development and production readiness
- Establish NPI manufacturing processes, quality controls and milestones
- Provide hands-on manufacturing engineering support
- Assess manufacturability and identify production risks
- Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions
- Develop manufacturing automation, test methodologies and tooling
- Manage manufacturing requirements, schedules and readiness criteria
- Drive manufacturing readiness reviews
- Perform risk assessment and change management
- Manage multiple hardware programs simultaneously
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
- Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter pre-tax accounts
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave, medical and caregiver leave
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees; up to 15 days for non-exempt
- 13+ paid company holidays and company 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