Robotics Facilities Program Lead

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI in San Francisco seeks a Technical Program Manager, Robotics Facilities to be the robotics point-of-contact for cross-functional partners. Coordinate with design/build teams and ensure alignment with facility constraints to support robotics infrastructure projects.

You will consolidate requirements, coordinate inputs, manage dependencies, and drive decisions through planning, design, construction, commissioning, and handover.

Qualifications

• Have experience leading technical programs involving hardware and physical infrastructure, ideally in robotics, laboratories, advanced manufacturing, or similarly complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Consolidate requirements, priorities, and decisions across Robotics research, engineering, and operations teams, providing the Real-Estate Workplace counterpart with a clear and coordinated view of Robotics needs.
• Translate Robotics workflows and equipment needs into documented requirements for floor layouts, utilities, network connectivity, environmental conditions, material flow, physical access, and operational support, working with technical owners to define acceptance criteria.
• Coordinate Robotics design reviews, ensuring technical owners assess proposals, resolve open questions, and confirm that agreed requirements are reflected in project documents.
• Track Robotics deliverables and dependencies against project milestones, surface risks and changes early, and secure decisions needed to keep work moving.
• Coordinate with Legal, Finance, Security, IT, Environmental Health & Safety, and other specialists to resolve issues affecting Robotics requirements and readiness.
• Coordinate Robotics readiness for equipment installation, moves, commissioning, and operational handover, with clear ownership and follow-through.
• Identify facility constraints that slow experimentation or operations, and use feedback from Robotics teams to improve requirements and handover practices for future projects.

Skills

Hardware & infra programs

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

OpenAI in San Francisco seeks a Technical Program Manager, Robotics Facilities to be the robotics point-of-contact for cross-functional partners. Coordinate with design/build teams and ensure alignment with facility constraints to support robotics infrastructure projects.

You will consolidate requirements, coordinate inputs, manage dependencies, and drive decisions through planning, design, construction, commissioning, and handover.