Technical Program Manager, Hardware Chips Development

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About the Team

We believe that increasing compute is a huge lever to AI progress.

The Hardware team owns the design and/or sourcing of the compute, storage and interconnect hardware needed to build OpenAI's supercomputers at the scale needed to deliver AGI that is beneficial to humanity. This includes:

• Optimizing the processing hardware for AI models
• Designing memory systems to keep up with the needs of training and inference
• Enabling the scale-up and scale-out interconnect fabrics to create the world's most powerful supercomputers

We work at the very cutting edge of speed and scale. We are a small team that moves quickly, with access to huge resources, working with a direct impact on the success of OpenAI and, by extension, the field of AI as a whole.

About the Role

As a Hardware Chips Programs Manager at OpenAI, you will help bring our chips hardware roadmap to life, navigating an array of technical and partnership challenges. We're looking for people excited to push the frontiers of computing by navigating technical explorations and are passionate about building.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

"To comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations, candidates for this role may need to meet certain legal status requirements as provided in those laws and regulations."

Responsibilities

• Manage the design and implementation planning of our ML acceleration hardware, working across technical, cross-functional and external stakeholders
• Lead planning and scheduling of chip hardware designs with our strategic partners and vendors
• Coordinate and marshal internal resources and communication for efficient interaction with partners and vendors

Requirements

• Experience as a technical program manager for data center hardware products (server, GPU, TPU, networking, storage and similar)
• Knowledge of end-to-end system program management from concept, design, production, deployment into the data center
• Some experience with system software programs through NPI (new product introduction)
• Ability to work with world-class AI researchers and engineers and own delivery of complex hardware program goals

Benefits

In addition to base pay and equity, the role includes benefits such as:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
• Pre-tax accounts (Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, commuter expenses)
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave and paid medical/caregiver leave
• Paid time off (flexible PTO for exempt employees; up to 15 days annually for non-exempt)
• 13+ paid company holidays and additional coordinated office closures
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend
• Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits as eligible
• Relocation support for eligible employees

Additional notes from the posting: background checks will be administered in accordance with applicable law; OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.