Lab Operations Lead, Systems Integration & Consumer Devices

United States Digital Space LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI Consumer Devices is building the next generation of products that bring powerful AI into everyday life. As Lab Operations Manager, Systems Integration, you will own the day-to-day operation of a large-scale consumer device test lab, ensuring fleets, test rigs, and lab infrastructure stay reliable for validation and release testing.

You will build an operating model for the lab, shaping systems, standards, and workflows from prototype through launch, working with engineers, QA, and

Qualifications

• Proven track-record of operating or supporting a hardware, electronics, reliability, manufacturing, or QA test lab.

Responsibilities

• Own device fleet and inventory: manage configuration, deployment, tracking, lifecycle, and asset records for a large fleet of consumer devices and test equipment.
• Operate and maintain the lab: keep racks, benches, test rigs, cabling, power, networking, peripherals, and shared equipment reliable and organized.
• Prepare devices for testing: flash, provision, reset, configure, label, and assign devices to test environments.
• Support testing and diagnostics: partner with engineering and QA on large-scale test automation setups, failure reproduction, diagnostics collection, log capture, and environment resets.
• Plan lab readiness and capacity: track fleet health, rig availability, utilization, and upcoming test needs; identify constraints before they block testing.
• Partner across teams: work with hardware, systems, QA, reliability, IT, and infrastructure teams to keep the lab ready for development and release activities.

Skills

Hardware lab management

Fleet management

Device testing

Tools

Test rigs

Lab equipment

Device connectivity

Job description

OpenAI Consumer Devices is building the next generation of products that bring powerful AI into everyday life. As Lab Operations Manager, Systems Integration, you will own the day-to-day operation of a large-scale consumer device test lab, ensuring fleets, test rigs, and lab infrastructure stay reliable for validation and release testing.

You will build an operating model for the lab, shaping systems, standards, and workflows from prototype through launch, working with engineers, QA, and