Lead, Systems Integration — Consumer AI Devices

United States Digital Space LLC; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work model

Job summary

OpenAI Consumer Devices is building the next generation of products that bring powerful AI into people’s everyday lives. You’ll lead the Systems Integration team, shaping validation strategy, tooling, and lab operations to enable rapid testing and high-quality releases across hardware, firmware, and software.

You will build and mentor a team, define reliable test signals, and partner with device software, OS, firmware, and QA to scale validation from prototype to launch.

Qualifications

• Experience leading teams responsible for systems integration and test infrastructure.
• Strong background in software engineering, embedded systems, and validation.
• Experience with consumer hardware product validation and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the team: Hire, manage, mentor, and develop engineers and lab operations staff responsible for test infrastructure, automation, device labs, and release validation.
• Own validation strategy and release quality: Define the systems, processes, release criteria, metrics, and escalation mechanisms used to assess reliability and readiness across software, firmware, and hardware; drive improvements in test reliability, failure triage, and regression management.
• Build scalable test infrastructure: Guide the development of a stable, all-purpose testing platform, automated test frameworks, hardware-in-the-loop systems, device orchestration, diagnostics, and developer tooling—while balancing dedicated rigs for technology-specific testing needs.
• Scale lab and fleet operations: Ensure large-scale device fleets, test rigs, lab infrastructure, provisioning, maintenance, and capacity remain reliable and ready for engineering use; develop the processes, documentation, ownership models, and vendor partnerships needed to grow efficiently with the organization.
• Set priorities and roadmap: Balance near-term release needs with longer-term investments in infrastructure, automation, scalability, and operational efficiency.
• Partner across teams: Work closely with hardware, embedded systems, QA, reliability, and release teams to improve product testability and resolve cross-functional quality issues.

Skills

Leadership

Software engineering

Embedded systems

Test automation

Systems validation

Dev tooling

Tools

Automation frameworks

Hardware-in-the-loop

Dev tooling

Job description

OpenAI Consumer Devices is building the next generation of products that bring powerful AI into people’s everyday lives. You’ll lead the Systems Integration team, shaping validation strategy, tooling, and lab operations to enable rapid testing and high-quality releases across hardware, firmware, and software.

You will build and mentor a team, define reliable test signals, and partner with device software, OS, firmware, and QA to scale validation from prototype to launch.