AI Hardware Manufacturing & Quality Engineer

Showcify; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Product Manufacturing & Quality Engineer to drive manufacturing readiness, quality, and reliability for AI hardware systems from concept through mass production. You will coordinate with design, operations, and external partners to ensure on-time delivery and top quality.

Based in San Francisco with a hybrid 3-day office model, this role emphasizes ownership of process flows, tooling, and production controls, and requires strong problem solving and supplier collaboration

Qualifications

• Experience with manufacturing and quality processes in hardware products.
• Strong problem-solving and data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated manufacturing and quality readiness for hardware products across multiple levels with defined gates and milestones.
• Lead readiness of process flows, tooling, fixtures, assembly operations, test interfaces, and production controls; review work instructions.
• Translate product requirements into qualification plans, process controls, test requirements and acceptance criteria with design engineering and SMEs.
• Coordinate and drive product and process qualification, reliability testing, and validation; maintain traceable evidence of performance and compliance.
• Own supplier and line scorecards; use yield, defects, process capability, and reliability data to monitor health and drive improvements.
• Lead containment, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and actions-to-closure with evidence of effectiveness.
• Collaborate on-site with SMEs at supplier sites to ensure readiness and compliance.
• Lead audits and performance reviews; close gaps in readiness, process, and control.
• Assess manufacturing and quality impact of design or site changes; coordinate validation and control updates.

Job description

OpenAI is seeking a Product Manufacturing & Quality Engineer to drive manufacturing readiness, quality, and reliability for AI hardware systems from concept through mass production. You will coordinate with design, operations, and external partners to ensure on-time delivery and top quality.

Based in San Francisco with a hybrid 3-day office model, this role emphasizes ownership of process flows, tooling, and production controls, and requires strong problem solving and supplier collaboration