Critical Facilities Lead, Compute Infrastructure
OpenAI · US - Remote
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Frontier labremotelead$159k–$285k
At a glance
Highlights
- Lead commissioning and bring-up of next-gen AI data centers at scale.
- Bridge construction and hardware teams to integrate critical infrastructure.
- Operate mission-critical facilities powering cutting-edge AI workloads.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
Seasoned data center operator who thrives at the construction-to-operations handoff and cares deeply about reliability at scale. Hands-on, process-driven leader excited to keep cutting-edge AI infrastructure running flawlessly.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in large-scale data center facility operations, commissioning, or critical infrastructure engineering
- Deeply familiar with liquid-cooled IT systems, including CDU and in-rack/in-row manifold design, bring-up, and servicing
- Enjoy defining and improving infrastructure processes at the intersection of construction, hardware, and operations
- Comfortable owning infrastructure from deployment to long-term maintenance and failure recovery
- Experience responding to field issues and managing reliability through well-defined operational processes
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