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Physical Engineering Business Lead (Special Situations)

OpenAI · San Francisco

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Frontier labremote$333k–$370k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Help customers use frontier AI to design and simulate better physical products.
  • Lead hands-on discovery to turn design use cases into high-impact projects.
  • Shape product and GTM strategy from real-world customer engineering learnings.

What they offer

  • Equity

Ideal candidate

Mechanical engineer turned customer-facing leader who has built physical products hands-on and loves translating engineering detail into business value. High-agency, low-ego storyteller who thrives moving between execs and technical teams.

Requirements

  • Firsthand experience designing or building physical products with substantial hands-on CAD, simulation, or related tool work
  • Deep understanding of engineering workflows and tradeoffs with clear examples of personal impact
  • Strong discovery and problem-framing skills connecting engineering details to business value
  • Ability to work directly with FDEs and customer technical teams through implementation
  • Strong customer presence with ability to explain complex ideas clearly to senior leaders
  • High agency, low ego, sound judgment with clear communication and reliable follow-through

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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