Tech Lead, Deployment & Operations — Custom Infrastructure

Job summary

Responsibilities

We are seeking a Technical Lead to lead deployment and operations for OpenAI’s Silicon & Systems team. This person will become the Directly-Responsible Individual responsible for bringing OpenAI’s custom silicon and associated systems into data center environments, ensuring successful deployment…

• Lead a team responsible for deployment and operations of OpenAI’s custom silicon and systems in data center environments
• Own the path from hardware bring-up and validation through production deployment, operational readiness, and sustained fleet support
• Partner closely with silicon, systems, software, infrastructure, networking, data center, supply chain, and external partner teams to ensure successful deployment at scale
• Define deployment processes, operational playbooks, technical readiness criteria, escalation paths, and reliability practices for new hardware platforms
• Drive cross-functional execution across lab bring-up, rack/system integration, data center deployment, fleet monitoring, debugging, and issue resolution

What they're looking for

• 8+ years of engineering experience in hardware systems, infrastructure, data center deployment, production operations, systems engineering, silicon bring-up, or related technical…
• Strong technical depth in one or more of: hardware deployment, data center operations, rack-scale systems, silicon bring-up, systems validation, fleet operations, reliability…
• Experience bringing complex hardware systems from development or validation into production environments
• Experience working closely with silicon, systems, software, infrastructure, networking, or data center teams
• Experience with deployment planning, operational readiness, incident response, debugging, and root-cause analysis for production systems