Component and Product Quality Engineer, Interconnects
OpenAISan Francisco, California, United States
Posted February 12, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.
Job Description
Component and Product Quality Engineer, Interconnects for OpenAI's Hardware organization, responsible for end-to-end quality for high-speed interconnect hardware, with a focus on advanced interconnect components and assemblies.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in quality engineering, manufacturing quality, supplier quality, or reliability for interconnects or high-speed hardware used in servers, networking, storage, or high-performance compute systems.
- Hands-on experience with high-speed copper interconnect products: connectors and/or cable assemblies; familiarity with patch panels or backplane/cable-backplane solutions is a plus
- Strong command of problem-solving and quality tools: 8D, 5-Whys, Fishbone, PFMEA/control plans, SPC/MSA (gauge R&R), and change control.
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, GD&T basics, and electrical/interface specifications; comfortable working across ME/EE/SI disciplines.
- Experience driving supplier/CM improvements (audits, scorecards, CAPA) and managing nonconformance/MRB workflows.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills; ability to drive alignment across internal teams and external partners.
- Ability to travel internationally and work effectively across time zones with ODM/JDM and supplier partners.
