Fire Protection Engineer
OpenAI · US - Remote
Frontier labremoteSenior$177k–$285k
At a glance
Highlights
- Lead owner-side fire and life-safety engineering for large-scale data centers.
- Shape protection strategy for AI campuses from design through operational handover.
- Tackle fire risks for high-density compute and energy-storage systems.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
A seasoned fire-protection engineer energized by mission-critical scale who values clear standards, field presence, and fast, safety-first decisions with construction and operations partners.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Fire Protection Engineering or related engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- 8+ years of fire protection engineering experience in data centers, industrial, manufacturing, energy or mission-critical environments
- Strong knowledge of IBC, IFC, NFPA requirements and authority approval processes
- Technical depth across fire alarm and detection, water-based and special-hazard suppression, fire pumps and water supply, smoke control, egress and integrated life-safety systems
- Experience reviewing fire protection designs, specifications, hydraulic calculations, submittals and testing procedures
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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