Actuator Systems TPM — End-to-End Hardware Leadership

Precision Labs; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI seeks a Technical Program Manager to own actuator development from goals to production readiness in San Francisco, CA. You will coordinate mechanical, electrical, firmware, harnessing, controls, test, reliability, manufacturing, and supply chain to ensure timely decisions and clear scope.

You will converge on technical plans, surface risks early, and deliver reliable actuator systems on schedule, collaborating across ME, EE, firmware, and wiring to connect components to the robot.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex electromechanical hardware programs.
• Ability to converge on technical plans, surface risks, and deliver on schedule.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional hardware development (motors, gears, sensing, electronics, firmware).
• Understanding hardware development realities including prototyping and production ramp.

Responsibilities

• Drive actuator programs end-to-end, aligning scope, milestones, interfaces, dependencies, and exit criteria across engineering teams.
• Drive scope lock and technical convergence for sprints, MVPs, and stretch goals while connecting component decisions to system performance.
• Coordinate actuator development across motors, gears, sensing, electronics, and firmware, and align interfaces that connect actuators to the broader robot.
• Lead validation planning from early prototypes through engineering validation, reliability testing, and production readiness.
• Drive tradeoff decisions across cost, quality, performance, schedule, and lead time with cross-functional teams.
• Establish reviews, change control, design releases, decision tracking, and manufacturing readiness.
• Surface risks early and drive decisions, owners, and actions to closure.

Job description

OpenAI seeks a Technical Program Manager to own actuator development from goals to production readiness in San Francisco, CA. You will coordinate mechanical, electrical, firmware, harnessing, controls, test, reliability, manufacturing, and supply chain to ensure timely decisions and clear scope.

You will converge on technical plans, surface risks early, and deliver reliable actuator systems on schedule, collaborating across ME, EE, firmware, and wiring to connect components to the robot.