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Commissioning Project Lead, Data Center Delivery

OpenAI · San Francisco · Seattle

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Frontier labonsitelead$226k–$285k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own commissioning strategy for a large-scale self-build AI data center campus.
  • Lead startup, functional and integrated systems testing into reliable operations.
  • Serve as primary commissioning interface across construction and operations teams.

What they offer

  • Equity

Ideal candidate

A mission-critical infrastructure leader who thrives owning complex commissioning programs and aligning diverse stakeholders. You care about safety, rigor, and delivering reliable capacity for frontier AI.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in commissioning, construction, engineering or program management for mission-critical facilities
  • Led multidisciplinary commissioning from readiness through startup, functional and integrated systems testing to turnover
  • Strong knowledge of electrical and mechanical commissioning across power, cooling and controls
  • Experience integrating commissioning into master schedules, energization plans and turnover milestones
  • Skilled managing owners, contractors, vendors and commissioning agents without direct authority
  • Experience with test procedures, deficiency resolution, acceptance criteria and quality governance
  • Ability to translate technical readiness risks into actionable schedule and project decisions
  • Strong communication skills reporting readiness, risk and recovery plans to senior leadership
remote policy
Hybrid initially, transitioning to full-time onsite

Lab profile

About OpenAI

Builds safe frontier AI models and products like ChatGPT for broad benefit.

What they build

  • ChatGPT
  • OpenAI API
  • Frontier AI models

Known for

  • Frontier-scale distributed ML training
  • Massive GPU fleet and data center operations
  • Exabyte-scale data lakes and streaming
  • AI alignment and safety research

Key facts

  • Operates one of the world's largest GPU fleets
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