Manufacturing Lead Hardware Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Work with contract manufacturers, global supply chains, hardware product launches, or manufacturing scale-up.

It requires deep integration across hardware, software, AI, operations, manufacturing, and real estate. We don’t just build machines in a lab.

Lead technical reviews and resolve complex structural design problems, providing technical direction when requirements, analysis, manufacturing constraints

of transformers, switchgear, inverters, trackers, or other long-lead energy equipment Experience standing up or scaling manufacturing capacity, at

Founding engineer or lead-level experience at an early-stage consumer hardware company.

About the Team OpenAI’s 1P Hardware Systems team operates at the intersection of Hardware Engineering, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Manufacturing

Are experienced in operating in complex hardware environments, such as contract manufacturing, supplier- or third-party-held assets, manufacturing

• Deep understanding of hardware development processes, including prototyping, manufacturing, and supply chain considerations.

Founding engineer or lead-level experience at an early-stage hardware company.

It requires deep integration across hardware, software, AI, operations, manufacturing, and real estate. We don’t just build machines in a lab.

Our team connects engineering, supplier strategy, manufacturing, planning, deployment, and finance to make hardware cost, supply, and execution tradeoffs

Lead manufacturing process development for next-generation AI hardware systems, partnering closely with design engineering, systems engineering,

Understand how power + hardware + networking + software combine into usable compute.

You’ll lead product communications strategy, launches, and proactive campaigns, and manage the agency partner supporting this work.

About the Team OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops silicon and system-level solutions designed for the unique demands of advanced