Commissioning Project Lead, Data Center Delivery
OpenAI · San Francisco · Seattle
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Frontier labonsitelead$226k–$285k
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